Excerpt from A Digest of Cases Decided in the Sheriff Courts of Scotland Prior to 31st December, 1894, and Reported in the Sheriff Court Reports, 1885-94 (Volumes 1 to 10), And Guthrie's Select Sheriff Court Cases (Volumes 1 and 2) This digest has not been extended beyond the ten annual volumes of the Sheriff Court Reports which have been issued up to date and the collection of Select Cases edited by Sheriff Guthrie, because the 1600 odd cases there reported are thought to be those which are most accessible to practitioners and most likely to be useful to them. N o attempt has been made in the digest to follow the cases further than the Sheriff Courts; the reports themselves, the Supreme Court reports, and the agents, may be referred to in the few instances where information on this point is desired. On the assumption generally made that the opinions of the sheriff-substitute and the sheriff-principal are of equal value, if not of equal authority, the summary of the case usually notices where there has been a reversal or alteration on appeal to the latter. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy.

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