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Charles Ferrier and Others, Lyell’s Trustees,     Appellants.—Gifford—Clerk—Jameson v. James Hector,     Respondent.—Cranstoun—VereMay 24. 1822. Lord Alloway. Subject_Trust — Mutual Contract. — A tenant having entered into an agreement with his landlord to renounce his lease at a particular period in consideration of a certain sum, and the landlord having prior to that period become bankrupt, and conveyed his estates to trustees—Held, (reversing the…...