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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1854 Excerpt: ...(the period in question, ) was almost illegible, but also, that in one of the entries material to the case, several words appeared to be retraced. The irregularity of the Brechin registers, during the early portion of the eighteenth century, was also shewn by various excerpts from the minute-hook of the kirk-session. About the year 1704, these registers appear to have been carried off by a minister named Skinner, who was discharged from preaching, "for contempt and disobedience;" and an action for their recovery having been threatened, if not actually raised, some of them, at least, seem to have been restored, although not until after the lapse of a good many years. Accordingly, we learn from a notandum at the end of the volume of the baptismal register, which concludes with the year 1725, that "some children's names are there set down, who were baptized in the meeting-house in 1711, an omission (it is added) which is not to be imputed to the session-clerk, but to the divisions in the place at that time." The following is a slightly abridged summary of the other important case of disputed succession, already referred to, for which we are indebted to a recent volume of reported Session cases. John Morgan, of Coates Crescent, Edinburgh, died on the 25th of August 1850, leaving property to the value of about 100,000. Two years previously, Mr. Donald Lindsay had been appointed his curator bonis, on account of his infirm state of mind, and, in the month of November following his death, that gentleman was also nominated judicial factor on his estate. Morgan v. Morris, Not. 23, 1853. 16 D. 82. 60 MORGAN SUCCESSION. Under authority of the Court, he confirmed executordative of the deceased, and immediately raised an action of multiplepoindin...