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Countess of Buccleugh v Earl of Tarras. [1662] Mor 8922 (7 February 1662)
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[1662] Mor 8922
Minor's privileges. - Oath. - Process at a minor's instance to sell land for payment of his debt. - Privilegiatus contra privilegiatum. - How far liable for goods and money furnished to him. - And for money borrowed by his tutor. - May chuse the place of his residence. - Entitled to examine the state of his affairs. - Can a minor pupil contract marriage? - Can a minor be a tutor? - An arbiter? - or a Commissioner of Supply?
Countess of Buccleugh v. Earl of Tarras
Date: 7 February 1662 Case No. No 30.
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The Countess of Buccleugh pursuing reduction of a contract of marriage betwixt her sister and the Earl of Tarras,
The Lords would not sustain incident for the Earl of Tarras, albeit he was minor, that contract being his own writ, and not his predecessor's.
