Watson v Jones or McEwan et è contra
| Jurisdiction | England & Wales |
| Judgment Date | 28 July 1905 |
| Judgment citation (vLex) | [1905] UKHL J0728-2 |
| Court | House of Lords |
| Date | 28 July 1905 |
[1905] UKHL J0728-2
House of Lords
After hearing Counsel this day upon the Petition and Appeal of Sir Patrick Heron Watson, Knight, Doctor of Medicine; residing at 16 Charlotte Square, Edinburgh, praying, That the matter of the Interlocutors set forth in the Schedule thereto, namely, an, Interlocutor of the. Lord Ordinary in Scotland, of the 12th of July 1904, except so far as regards the words "Disallows the second and fourth issues proposed by the pursuer " and also an Interlocutor of the Lords of Session there, of the Second Division, of the 18th of November 1904, except so. far as regards the words "Disallow the first issue proposed for the pursuer, to which extent alter the said interlocutor reclaimed against," might be reviewed before His Majesty the King in His Court of Parliament, and that the said Interlocutors, so far as aforesaid, might be reversed, varied, or altered, or that the Petitioner might have such other relief in the premises as to His Majesty the King in His Court of Parliament might seem meet; as also upon the Petition and Cross Appeal of Mrs. Jessie Prentice Jones or M'Ewan, of 2 Greenbank Road, Edinburgh, wife of Thomas M'Ewan, of 14 Warrender Park Crescent, Edinburgh, praying, That the matter of the Interlocutor set forth in the Schedule thereto, namely, the said Interlocutor of the Lords of Session in Scotland, of the Second Division, of the 18th of November 1904, so far as regards the said words "Disallow the first issue proposed for the pursuer, to which extent alter the said Interlocutor reclaimed against," also the words "appoint same to be the issue for the trial of the cause," and also the words, "Find neither party entitled to expenses since said 12th July last," might be reviewed before His Majesty the King in his Court of Parliament, and that the said Interlocutor, so far as aforesaid, might be reversed, varied, or altered, or that the Petitioner might have such other relief in the premises as to His Majesty the King in His Court of Parliament might seem meet; as also upon the printed case of the said Mrs. Jessie Prentice Jones or M'Ewan, and also upon the printed case of the said Sir Patrick Heron Watson, lodged in the said Original and Cross Appeals; and due consideration being had of what was offered on either side in these Appeals:
It is Ordered and Adjudged, by the Lords Spiritual and Temporal in the Court of...
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Subject Index
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Subject Index
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