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B03786 Information for the Earl of Roxburgh, and Mr. William Ker his brother, against John Lord Ballenden. Roxburghe, Robert, Earl of, d. 1696.; Roxburghe, John Ker, Duke of, ca. 1680-1741.; Ker, William, d. 1741. 1700 (1700) Wing I164O; ESTC R178656 3,716 4

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〈…〉 FOR The Earl of Roxburgh and 〈…〉 his Brother 〈…〉 THE Deceast Lord Ballenden be vertue of a Facultie in his Patent of Honour Named Mr. John Kerr youngest Son to the Ea●l of Roxburgh now Lord Ballanden to succeed him in his Dignity and Honours and substitute others of the Earls Sons to him and failz●eing of all these and the Heirs Male of their Bodies he substitute the 2d Son of the Earl of Roxburgh for the time being And to maintain the Honour he Dispones to the Lord Ballenden and the Heirs of Tailzie about 200000 merks to which the Earl of Roxburgh adds more than 60000 merks All which is strictly Tailzied under several irritancies and the Members of Tailzie prohibit to Contract Debt or do deids whereby the Estate may be deteriorat in prejudice of the succeeding 〈◊〉 of Tailzie providing alwise it be Lawfull to the said John Lord Ballanden and other Members of the Tailzie to uplift the sums Ass●gned they alwise Reimploying them in favours and in the Terms of the Tailzie The Lord Ballanden has greatly exe●ced the power of uplifting the sums Disponed be the late Lord Ballenden to him and other Ho●rs of Tailzie without Reimploying the same And there being yet fourscore thousand merks of the Tailzied sums in the Earl of Roxburghs hand the Lord Ballendine has raised a Declarator against the Earl of Roxburgh Declairing it Lawful to him to uplift the fo●esaid sum of fourscore thousand merks conform to the Reservation and power in the Tailzie without necessity of reimploying the same that not being his the Debitors Interest But the Interest of the Heirs of Tailzie The Earl of Roxburgh makes no opposition but Mr. William Kerr his Brother and next Heir of Tailzie failzieing Lord Ballendens Sons has raised a Declarator against the Lord Ballenden for Declairing that it may not be Lawful for him to uplift nor for the Earl to pay the foresaid fourscore thousand merks unless he reimploy the same upon Heritable security in the Terms of the Tailzie And thereupon has Arre●sted in the Earl his hands and Mr. William appeared for himself and though both the E and he gave the Honours suteable to the Relation to the Lord Ballenden Yet considering his Lordships Circumstances being Blest with a numerous Family and that Mr. William is the next Heir to his Sons and desires nothing more than what was given for mantaining the Honour and Dignity of the Family may be Imployed and preserved for that end And that the 〈◊〉 in the Earl of Roxburgh hands may either so continue or be secured in the Terms of the Tailzie And for this end he urged that part of the Tailzie at the Letter B whereby power is reserved to the Heirs to uplift receive and Discharge the Sums of Money above-written providing all-wise they imploy the same of new again upon Lands or other sufficient Heritable Security for mantenance and preservation of the said Family And do not by their Deeds deteriorat and prejudge the same from whence it is clear that the power of uplifting is qualified with a Provision to Reimploy And so the present Declarator against the Earl of Roxburgh can not be insisted in nor take effect without Reimploying which is more clear from the Clause immediatly proceeding whereby it is expresly provided and declared that it shall not be leisum nor Lawfull to the said John Kerr now Lord Ballenden and remanent Heirs of Tailzie and provis●on nor their Heirs to sell annalzie or dispone Redeemablie or Irredeemablie the sums of Money Lands and others thereby provided to them or to Contract Debts or do Deeds whereby the samen may be evicted or apprysed from them It was answered for the Pursuer That by the Tailzie he has the power of uplifting and the Earl of Roxburgh Debitor is sufficiently secured be his Discharge as has been several times found be the Lords in the Processes against the other Debitors and the Earl of Roxburgh has no concern in the Reimploying that being jus tertii as to him And as for Mr. William Kerr the Declarator and Arreistment at his instance has no Foundation he not being next Heir of Tailzie but the Pursuers own Son to whom he himself is Tutor and Administrator and so he having the power of uplifting is the only proper Judge of the Reimploying wherein no person is concerned but his own Son and not any remot Heir who its hoped shall never succeed It was Replyed that the Earl of Roxburgh does not urge the reimploying but only that the sums are Arrested in his hands at the instance of Mr. William Kerr who replyes that though he be a Remot Heir of Tailzie yet seeing the Pursuer nor his Son can do no Deed to prejudge his Succession he has very good Interest to oppose the uplifting unless the same be Reimployed in the Express Terms of the Tailzie and the Honour due to the Contracters of the Tailzie besides the Express provisions thereof ought to Oblige both Pursuer and Defenders to the strict Observance thereof and there are few Families in Scotland who would not accept a less value in the same terms and dutifully perform the provisions and will of the Contracters And it cannot be seen nor thought by what means or upon what Ground the Lord Ballinden can pretend to uplift any of the Tailzied Money without reimploying the same Mr. William Kerr has likewise good action against the Lord Ballenden for reimploying of the Money already uplifted and for declairing his irritating of the Tailzie by uplifting and not by Employing Yet being more concerned in preserving to the Lord Ballenden's Sons what is extant then in debarring the Lord Ballendine from the Liferent thereof he forbears at this time to insist in that Declarator so be it the Lord Ballenden either continue the Money where it is and satisfy himself with the Annualrent or if he uplift that the same be Reimployed in the Terms of the Contract upon good Heritable Security Rendering the like Rent or Annu●lrent Yearly which is the Express Design of the Tailzie whereby at the two doub●e W W It is provided that the Heirs of Tailzie may do no deed whereby the Estate and Living may be Deteriorat or Rendered in an worse Condition at their Deceasses when the next Heir shall Succeed th●n ●t was at the Death of William Lord Ballenden and that under Strict Instances now if the lifting of Money and not Reimploying or Reimploying not to the Value be not an Deterioration of the Estate and Living from what is was when William Lord Ballenden the Granter of the Tailzie Deceast let any Man judge and i● there be but on small part Extant of the Taillzied Sums to maintain the same Dignity which formarly was supported by the whole it is most Rational and Just that these Remains be Tenderly handled Carefully preserved and Imployed to the best Advantage As to the pretence that a Remote Member or Heir of Tailzie hath no Interest to Crave