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[1778] 5 Brn 385      

Subject_1 DECISIONS of the LORDS OF COUNCIL AND SESSION. reported by Alexander Tait, Clerk of Session, One of The Reporters For The Faculty.
Subject_2 BANKRUPT.

Walpoles
v.
John Walker

Date: 10 March 1778

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It was upon the last of these grounds, chiefly, that Messrs Walpoles brought a reduction of the trust-right granted by Mr William Alexander to John Walker, in which they prevailed, 10th March 1778.

As to unreasonable clauses in trust-rights, upon which often the above challenge is founded, see the above case, Walpoles against Walker ; also, Kilk. p. 52.

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