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Edmonston v Edmonston. [1706] Mor 13002 (19 July 1706)
URL: http://www.bailii.org/scot/cases/ScotCS/1706/Mor3013002-124.html Cite as:
[1706] Mor 13002
Subject_1 PROVISION to HEIRS and CHILDREN. Subject_2 SECT. XIV.
Father's Power of distributing among his Children, or the Heirs of a Marriage, the Subjects provided to them.
Edmonston v. Edmonston
Date: 19 July 1706 Case No. No 124.
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An obligation in a contract of marriage, to provide a certain sum to the granter and his spouse in conjunct-fee and liferent, and to the children of the marriage in fee, implies a discretionary power in the granter to provide the subject among his children, giving to one more and to another less.
