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Jackson v Magistrates of Edinburgh. [1729] Mor 6831 (29 July 1729)
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[1729] Mor 6831
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The Magistrates of Edinburgh having, during the rebellion 1715, caused pull down a house in the suburbs for better securing the town against enemies attacks; in an action at the proprietor's instance against the Town for reparation, the Lords found the said action was sopite by the act of indemnity anno primo Georgii; though it was argued, that the act of indemnity was only calculated for crimes and offences; not at all to bar civil reparation arising from a fact justifiable in itself, and done for the benefit of the public. See Appendix.
