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To his grace John, marquess of Tweeddale, her maties high commissioner, and the right honorable the estates of parliament, the petition of Mr Alexander Higgins of Craigforth,
Humbly sheweth,
That where in the declarator of trust at my instance against John Callender before the lords of session, the lords, upon the 17 of December 1697, declared the trust, but, by a subsequent interloquitor upon the 16 of June 1698, found it such a trust as did not oblidge the trustee to compt for the rents of the lands till redemption, whereupon I haveing protested for remead of law against the said second interloquitur and the following interloqutors relating thereto, and by warrant cited Mr Callender before the then next session of parliament, and the proces being then called, seen and returned, the same was moved therein, and almost in every session of parliament thereafter (as appears by the minuts), but was never brought to a hearing tho' informations has been frequently distributed in order to it.
May it therefor please your grace and honorable estates of parliament to appoint a certain diet for hearing your petitioner's cause.
And your petitioner, as in duty bound, shall ever pray etc., Alexander Higgens