Report of the auchterarder case, the earl of kinnoull, and the rev. r. young, against the presbytery of auchterarder

ROBERTSON, Charles

Published by Adam and Charles Black, Edinburgh, 1838

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In two volumes. [4], 408, 36[4], 451, [1], 16pp. With tipped-in errata slips. Uncut and unopened in original publisher's cloth-backed buff paper boards. A trifle rubbed and marked, spines sunned. From the recently dispersed family estate (by descent) of George Cranstoun, Lord Corehouse (1770-1850), Scottish jurist, satirist and friend of Walter Scott and Lord Monboddo, with his armorial bookplate to FEP. Presentation copy, inked inscription to recto of Vol. I FFEP: 'With Mr. Charles Robertson's Compts.' The sole edition, in original state, of an extensive and authoritative survey of the Auchterarder case, a legal dispute that proved to be the first in a series of events that ultimately led to the 1843 schism in the Church of Scotland. In 1834, following the recent passing of the Veto Act, the parishioners of Auchterarder unanimously voted to reject their patron's nomination of a new minister, Robert Young, and the Presbytery duly refused to proceed with his ordination and induction. Young appealed to the Court of Session which, in 1838, concluded that in passing the Veto Act the Church had acted ultra vires, and infringed the statutory rights of patrons. A supplement was issued in 1839. Size: 8vo.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Report of the auchterarder case, the earl of kinnoull, and the rev. r. young, against the presbytery of auchterarder
• Publisher: Adam and Charles Black, Edinburgh
• Publication Date: 1838
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First edition.
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)