The contents of the volume are as follows:

(i) Opinions, 1826, concerning the forfeiture of the Earldom of Cromartie (folios 1-52);

(ii) Letters, 1818-1819, and papers including transcripts of documents and opinions, 1829, and undated, concerning the claim of Sir Thomas Livingstone, 7th Baronet, of Westquarter, to the title and dignities of Earl of Linlithgow and Callendar (folios 53-119);

(iii) Draft remarks, 1828, on the claim of William Maxwell of Caruchan to the Earldom of Nithsdale (folios 120-131).