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George Dalziel v Lockhart of Cleghorn. [1765] Mor 15260 (25 June 1765)
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[1765] Mor 15260
A sum of money being allowed to a tenant for the reparation of houses, it was found, provided the houses were put in a habitable condition, that the tenant was not obliged to account for his disbursements.
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George Dalziel and Mr. Lockhart of Cleghorn having agreed about the conditions of a tack of certain lands belonging to the latter, one of which was, that a stipulated sum should be allowed to the lessee for the expenses he might be obliged to throw out in the reparation of the houses upon the farm, a process being afterwards commenced upon the different constructions to be put upon the terms of the tack, it was found unanimously, That the master could not oblige the tenant to produce a particular account of the expenses he had been at, provided he had fulfilled the terms of the tack, in properly repairing them, and putting them in a habitable condition.
Act. Lockhart.Alt. Dundas & Wight.
Fol. Dic. V. 4. p. 327. Fac. Coll. No. 18. p. 31.
