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Karen Baston

Karen Baston

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Henry Raeburn versus the Stockbridge Steam Engine

Tales from the Session PapersKaren Baston15/04/20170

Henry Raeburn v. Andrew Kedslie This day the new jury court met in the Court of Exchequer, when their Lordships proceeded to try the case of RAEBURN &c. against KEDSLIE. This was an action relative to the erection of a steam engine at Stockbridge-mills, which the pursuers contend, is a nuisance. (Edinburgh Evening Courant, 22…

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