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The Town of Glasgow v Shaw of Greenock. [1678] 3 Brn 269 (20 December 1678)
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[1678] 3 Brn 269
Subject_1 DECISIONS of the LORDS OF COUNCIL AND SESSION, reported by SIR JOHN LAUDER OF FOUNTAINHALL Subject_2 SUMMER SESSION.
The Town of Glasgow v. Shaw of Greenock
Date: 20 December 1678
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In the action between the Town of Glasgow and Shaw of Greenock, the Lords having considered the Act of Parliament 1672, Anent the Privileges of Burghs Royal, They found, if the royal burghs do not seize the unfree goods, they can have no action for the value of what they can prove was sold and vented by unfree-men, unless they had either apprehended them, or used arrestment; in which last case, though the said unfree commodities be out of their hands, or consumed, yet the Lords will hold the unfree-men pro possessoribus, quia dolo desierunt possidere.
