International Bankrupt Law
ROYAL BANK OF SCOTLAND ROYAL BANK OF SCOTLAND against Assignees of Messrs Scott, Smith, Stein and Company, late Bankers in Edinburgh. November 12, 19, December 18, 1812, Jan 5, 1813 Edinburgh Walker and Greig 1812-1813
6 parts in 1 volume, quarto, cloth boards, morocco label, drop head titles, 34pp; 36pp + 33pp appendix; 41pp + 2pp appendix; 25pp; 40pp + 9pp appendix; 8pp, some contemporary annotations in ink in the margins of the third part, newspaper cutting from The Edinburgh Evening Courant, January 25, 1812 reporting the case pasted on blank leaves at the end.
The rare printed reports of the case before the Court of Session, Second Division in Edinburgh brought by the Royal Bank of Scotland against the bankers Scott, Smith Stein & Co. It related to the effect of a bankrupt in England, and of the certificate duly allowed by the Lord Chancellor under it. The court decided that, after a commission of bankrupt has been issued in England, no sequestration against the same party will be awarded in Scotland; but that creditors in Scotland must claim under the English commission. The Court was also of the opinion that, as the commission of bankrupt carried the whole property belong to the bankrupts wherever situated, so the Lord Chancellor’s certificate, allowed under it, was a complete discharge of every debt, whether English or Scotch, and therefore passed the bills of suspension without caution or consignation.
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