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THE GLEN TILT CASE

... COURT OF SESSION-FIRST DIVISION. TORbRIE AND OTHERS V. TeE DUKE OF ATHOLL. This case, involving the public right of. way through the val- ley. of Plon Tilt between- the village of Castletown of Braemar and other places in the valley of the Dee, and the village of 'Bliir Atholl, die. in the valley of the DGary, after frequent dis- cussion before the Lord Ordinary, eam oe before the First Divi- ...

COURT OF SESSION—SECOND DIVISION

... COURT OF SESSION-SEco.D Dvsios. | DIVISION OF COMMON OF CORRENNIE. At the present time, when so much attention is directed to the improvement of waste land, and many proposals have been made to employ usefully thereon the energies of our surplus population, we have thought it proper to direct the attention of our readers to an important case, at present inl dependence before the Court of ...

COURT OF SESSION—26TH JUNE, 1849

... COURT OF SESSION-726TII JUNE, 1849. I A LEXANDER BROWN, Writer in Stonehaiven, and JAMES VAL- LENTIiE, Merchant there, Suspenders, Vs. Mrs CATrtERINEr HusaIrisY or CuiRlsrlrteiding in Huntly,i lund JOHN SIIAND, Writer to the Signet, her Agent,' -- lu/srgers, ;. - t This was a Procesn of Suspension, originating in the fol- lolwing cireomstanbei:-The charger, Mrs Christie, by the adv1ice of her ...

COURT OF SESSION—FIRST DIVISION—JULY 5

... COURT OFWSESSION-FIRST DIVISION-JULY 5.': REc. NoTE-GEORae LEYSV. MsLNa. This was a question with reference to the petty customs of Aberdeen. By the charter granting the customs they are declared to be leviable en various articles of traffic, wood among others, but if also contains a saving clause, excepting from the customs si~ch articles as are really in transitu through the From L joint ...

COURT OF SESSION.—MARCH 13

... CovUfl OuF SESSION.-MOAwLH 13. * . 9fI~~LNN v. LEYS. NISSLWAY SLF911B.,. A question of' considerable i mporftance' and interest, on- M. nected with the pett customns lWyable in bw'glis, has just been decided b~y ord'obesirtso. ~ Mr George Lay lossbeeof~the bell and petty customs o irthe burgh of Aberdeen, claimed from MVr George Milne, rail-' Y'way contractor and' tirmber merchant in Aberdeen ...

POLICE MEETING

... I SHEDERUNT.-Treasurer Nicol, in the chair; ; Commis- sioners, Baillie Bothwell, Rose, Smith, Popp, Hiet- derson, Notrean, A. C. Mbttliew;, Mitthews, Bisset, Wisely, Mitehell. S d PUBLIC, HEALTH BILL. Some discussion took place on the stbjett'of this'measre, and the duty of the Board with regatta t. . Mr MIATTEnWs said he regarded it as strange that a hur- ricane should hare been raised in ...

THE GLEN TILT CASE

... I *- -: -THIW GLEN TILT.-CASE. I I DECJSION. ON THE,'~QUESTION OF TITLE. On Frid~ay, Lord lvory gaveI judgment in -this importaent case, Wihirih hisa' been, before thle Co'urt at various period's' during~'the'ljgt twelve months. The point at is~uc, it will be recollected, was ats to the. title of'thle pursuers (Measrs A. Torrie, advqeat,6, Aberdeen; Robert Cox, W.S.,' Edin- burgh,; andl ...

CIRCUIT COURT OF JUSTICIARY

... ': (Cqafiuued from our last.) w; Wednesda~y, Sept. 19.W RAPE AND MURDER. Sial The Court was to-day occupied with the case of James pe Robb, from Anohiterless, who was brought to the bat- th~ charged with the oflances of rape and- murder; in having, sai en the 9th or 10th of April, wickedly and feloniously entered P'~ -the house of Mary Smith, nowv de~eased, during, the night, Wi and attacked ...

THE UDNY CASE

... * I .~, I appointment of .Mr John Leslie to be assistant and suceqessox to Mr Leslie, the present incumrbent of Uday, and Ihe'Ukiole~f the piesenitee lias' exeited considorable dissen- 8ion1in thcarpsijhb The settlement iswairmly opposed, and seems lik6Jy to, Q -l typroceedings in the Church Courts The objeotor8sappeartp he in the minority. They amount to 44, while there ar 7sig~oltires.-some ...

TOWN COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS

... TOU'N COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS. i'ue8dayd, October 9. A meeting of tbe Council took place to-day. SLDEIRUNT-The Lord Provost; Baillies Henry, Ross, Bothwoll, and Sim ; Treasurer Nicol; Messrs Adam- son, Sutherland, Watson, A. Nicol, M'Pherson, Torrie, Henderson, Webster, Urquhart, Leslie, and Gray. The first matter before the meeting was the report from the Committee on the Rogue Money, appointed ...

TH NAVIGATION LAWS

... THE NAVIGATION LAWS. , A correspondence' has recently taken place between the aChairman of the Liverpool Shipowners' Association an'd the . Board of Trade. The former expresses his desire to' know - what foreign countries have agreed to reciprocate with this tcountry, and what countries have refused, after the 1st of January, to place British ships on the same footing in their t respective ...

COURT OF SESSION.—FIRST DIVISION

... COURT. OF SESSION.-FIRST DIVISION. DUNBAR Vi. SEINNEd. This case, between the Rev. Sir Wm. Dunbar and the Right Rev. Bishop. Skinner, the particulars of which axe pretty well known to the poblic, camne on for advising an Saturdniy. An aetion of- damages, to the extent of £5000, was prosecuted for before Lord Ivory, on account of a sen- tence of excommunication pronounced against the pursuer by ...