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Alexander Croal M'Corquodale, solicitor, Carnoustie, attorney for the Comptoir National d'Escompte de Paris, Bombay, India, presented a petition craving the Court to order the examination of a certain witness in Scotland before the Sheriff of Forfarshire or his Substitute at Dundee.
Counsel was heard on the petition, when the following authorities were cited—The Foreign Tribunals Evidence Act 1856 (19 and 20 Vict. cap. 113); Baron de Bildt, Petitioner , 7 F. 899 , 42 S.L.R. 690 ; Lord Advocate, Petitioner , 1909 S.C. 199 , 46 S.L.R. 159 .
The Court granted commission to Lord Kinross, Advocate, to take the evidence of the witness named in the petition.
Counsel for Petitioner— Mackintosh . Agent— Herbert Mellor , S.S.C.
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