Cases Decided in the House of Lords, on Appeal From the Courts of Scotland, 1825[-1834] (7)

Volume: 7 General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1830 Original Publisher: W. Blackwood Subjects: Law reports, digests, etc Appellate courts Law / General Law / Civil Procedure Law / Courts Law / Reference Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: June 20. I V-'h. Matrimonio; Haggard's Reports, vol. ii. p. 280.; Lord Hailes; Tait on Evidence; Forbes, July 12. 1709, (16,718.); Murray, June 1730, (16,741.) lieslmidtnt's Authorities. -- (Want of Parties.) -- Aitkcn, June 16. 1824, (2. Shaw's ISth August 1672. -- Charlott Armstrong and Daughter against John Elliot. -- Charlott Armstrong raised an action of declarator of marriage, legitimacy, and divorce, against John Elliot, on 31st March 1760, in which she states, that a private marriage was contracted between her and John Elliot in the month of March 1738, and that (hey thereafter lived and cohabited together as husband and wife for several days, and of which marriage a female child was procreated. It then sets forth, that he has deserted her, and for several months past has cohabited at bed and board with a woman, known not to the pursuer Charlott Armstrong. While this action was in dependence, and upon the 17th May 1760, Janet Boston brought another declarator of marriage, adherence, and legitimacy, against the said John Elliot, alleging that a marriage, of which a male child was bom, had been contracted between the parties on the 7th September 1757, and concluding for declarator of the said marriage,