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Catharine Drummond v Robert Stewart. [1756] Mor 412 (2 March 1756)
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[1756] Mor 412
Subject_1 ALIMENT. Subject_2 ALIMENT due ex debito naturali.
Catharine Drummond v. Robert Stewart
Date: 2 March 1756 Case No. No 46.
A mother, who alimented an idiot son while he had no fortune, found to have no claim for repayment when he succeeded to an estate.
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Catharine Drummond, mother to Robert Stewart an idiot, alimented him from the year 1721 till the year 1751. He had no fortune whatever. In that year he succeeded to the estate of Ardvorlick, of L. 840 Scots yearly rent. In the year 1756, Catharine Drummond brought a process of aliment against her son, concluding for aliment from the 1721 till the 1751, as well as after this last period.
‘The Lords found no aliment due till 1751; and, after that period, modified L. 40 to the pursuer.’
Act. ——.Alt. And. Pringle.
Fol. Dic. v. 3. p. 22. Fac. Col. No 195. p. 289.
