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Macdonald v Bray 61 0<br />

Macdonald v Reynolds 395<br />

Macarthur v Morisson 266<br />

Macarthur v Morisson 270<br />

Macarthur v Morisson 280<br />

Macarthur v Gilliland 301<br />

Macarthur v Marshall 302<br />

Macarthur v McKeagney 345<br />

Mackay v Marshall 295<br />

McDonald v Coliingwood 5<br />

McKinnon v Green 7<br />

The group of nine represents al1 the Mac sumames extracted from the first<br />

register of pleadings. It appean that the compiler of the index had originally<br />

intended to separate Mac from Mc names. As he proœeded to the second<br />

register of pleadings, however, and began to transfer cases to the index, he<br />

rejected the plan. Mac and Mc cases from the second register onwards are<br />

intermixed, so that their numbers appear in the index in normal ascending order.<br />

Occasionally a case number, with its attendant plaintiff s and defendant's<br />

surnames, occurs more than once within an alphabet letter section. This usually<br />

indicates that the entry was duplicated in error. Sometimes a suit is given an 'A"<br />

or a " half" designation, for example, "Chappell vs Morris 1 530%" This<br />

technique is used to insert the case into an already existing chronology. Certain<br />

entries are styled somewhat differently. In place of the defendant's name are<br />

written descriptive words such as, 'An Infant," or 'A Lunatic," for example,<br />

"Anderson G. An Infant." These represent actions in which a petition has k en<br />

made on behalf of the named person and there is no defendant. In a somewhat<br />

similar way the last eight cases, numbered 8247 to 8254, are styled with the

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