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Subject_1 Reparation Subject_2 Property Subject_3 Landlord and Tenant Subject_4 Negligence — Defective Premises — Possession and Control — Access — Outside Wooden Stair and Gangway.
Process — Jury Trial — Bill of Exceptions — Motion to Apply Verdict after Exceptions Disallowed but before Time for Appealing has Expired — Jury Trials (Scotland) Act 1815 (55 Geo. III, cap. 42), secs. 7 and 9.
In a case where a bill of exceptions had been disallowed a motion to apply the verdict was made within the period of fourteen days allowed for an appeal to the House of Lords by the Jury Trials (Scotland) Act 1815, section 7. The Court applied the verdict.
In an action of damages for personal injury by accident brought by a woman with the consent and concurrence of her husband, the pursuer was unsuccessful. The husband and wife were partners together in a business, and at the trial the husband appeared and gave evidence. The Court found the pursuer and her husband jointly and severally liable in expenses.
On 3rd September 1913 Mrs Margaret Allan or M'Ilwaine, wife of Thomas M'Ilwaine, ironmonger, 16 Bute Terrace, Strathbungo, with his consent and concurrence, pursuer , brought an action against John Charles Stewart and others, the testamentary trustees of Francis Pott Stewart, of Craigweil, Ayr, defenders , to recover £250 as damages caused by a personal accident to the pursuer averred to be due to the negligence of the defenders.
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