LAWSUIT LASTED 478 YEARS
A lawsuit regarding Rhodosian mining rights, which has reached the House of Lords in its fourth year, is quite, a legal infant when compared with some that have preceded it. ' . . The Thellusson will case, for example, dragged out in the courts from 1797 to 1857.^ Another similar action at law. 'known as the Bishop-Demetra will caso,lasted 122 years. _ . ' "Even this, however, is not a record. For, in 1308, there was settled at Friej mar a lawsuit that bad been in progress since ,1430. The raising of a dam was the point at issue, and it occupied Lie courts for exactly 478 years.
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Evening Post, Volume XCVIII, Issue 40, 16 August 1919, Page 12
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106LAWSUIT LASTED 478 YEARS Evening Post, Volume XCVIII, Issue 40, 16 August 1919, Page 12
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