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These were all his nearest relations, with whom he had long been living on terms of the greatest friendship, and of mutual good offices.
In January 1818, about three years after the date of the settlement, and six years after the marriage, the pursuer, being the only child of the marriage, was born.
Mr Colquhoun survived this event about three months, (having died in April 1818) during which time he resided on his farm in the country, and, as admitted by the defenders, had a fit of the gout, but not sufficient bad health to impair his mind, or to prevent him from applying to business to the very last moments of his life.
The pursuer, in these circumstances, brought a reduction of the settlement, on the ground that it excluded her from her father's succession, and was intended by him to take effect only on the condition si sine liberis decesserit .
The only one of the defenders who appeared to oppose this action was Duncan Campbell, the executor, and legatee for L.200.
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