NOT ENTIRELY UNDISPUTED.
The case before the court was one involving the ownership of a tract of land, and the solicitor for one of the parties to the suit was cross-examin-ing a witness.. "Now, Mr. Grimshaw," he said, "the property on which you live was originally a part of the twenty acres in dispute,, vjas it not?" "Yes, sir/" "And , your title is based on the original title to that, land, I presume ?" "X'es, sir." "How long- have you resided there ?" "Over twenty-one years." "Have you had— now, mark me—have you had twenty-one years' undisputed possession of that property, Mr. GrimsJuiw ?" T??e witni :ss hesitated a moment. "Remember, Mr. Orimshaw," said the lawyer, raising his voice, '"that you are uc.der oath. Have you had twenty-one years' undisputed possession of that property ?" "It has been disputed once, and only once, " answered the. witness. '"I found ;i nest of bumble-bees in my back yard one day last summer." In the general laugh that followed this answer the lawyer subsided.
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King Country Chronicle, Volume VI, Issue 452, 30 March 1912, Page 6
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167NOT ENTIRELY UNDISPUTED. King Country Chronicle, Volume VI, Issue 452, 30 March 1912, Page 6
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