The Second Division of the Court of Session gave judgment on Jüly 9 in the action relating to the chieftainship of the Macleans of Ardgour on the appeal against the decision of the Lyon Court on the petition by Miss Catriona Louise Maclean of Ardgour, who sought to be declared chieftainess of her branch of the clan.
Her father, Lieutenant-Commander, Alexander J. H. Maclean of Ardgour, who died in 1930, was the former chieftain, © Lieutenant-Commander H. H. Maclean, R.N.R, of Windhover, Bursledon, Hampshire, contested her claim and maintained that the chieftaincy passed to the heir male in preference to the heiress of the line, The Lord Lyon King of Arms had held that Fe had jurisdiction to try the question at issue and allowed a proof. Lieutenant-Commander Maclean appealed against the Lyon's interlocutor to the Court of Session, contending, inter alia, that Lyon had no jurisdiction in the matter of chieftain, In affirming with a variation the interlocutor of the Lyon Court allowing a proof as to who is entitled to bear the arms of Maclean of Ardgour, the Division unanimously held that Lyon has no jurisdiction to determine dispute as to a Highland chieftaincy, which is not cognizable in any court of law.
Lieutenant-Commander Maclean was found entitled to costs, modified to three-quarters, m both Courts from the adjustment of the pleadings.
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