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Dr Thomas Hay, Edinburgh v James Scott and John Reid

Dr Thomas Hay, Edinburgh,     Appellant

v.

James Scott and John Reid, Merchants, Leith, and Robert Burn, Architect, Trustees of Robert Inglis, Builder,     Respondents

Page: 146

House of Lords, 21st February 1816.

Subject_Building Contract — Extra Charges —

Circumstances in which in a building contract, extra charges were sustained.

This was an action raised by the trustees on Inglis’ bankrupt estate for £1612 due to the bankrupt, under a building contract with the appellant, whereby Inglis built him several houses in Blair Street, Edinburgh.

The question turned upon the particular facts; and, inter alia, the amount of extra charges made, in which, after having allowed a proof, the Court finally decerned against the appellant for £769.

He took these interlocutors by appeal to the House of Lords, and that House affirmed the judgment of the Court below, with £100 costs.

Counsel: For the Appellant, Wm. Adam, Fra. Horner, Andrew Rutherfurd.
For the Respondents, Sir Saml. Romilly, John Tawse.

 

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