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RUSSIAN ART TREASURES OWNERSHIP DISPUTED Australian Press Association. (Received 27th November, 1 p.m.) LONDON, 26th November. Princess Paley, widow of the Russian Grand Duke Aloxandrovitoh, contested the right of tho Soviet to confiscate* and dispose of property in the King's Bench Division, in an action against a, firm of French dealers, whose defence at the outset was that the furnituvo, tapestries, carpets, and pictures at present in England had legally been appropriated by the Soviet in 1918, and subsequently purchased by the defendants. Tho Princess's counsel stated that tha property undoubtedly belonged to tho Princess, and came from her home in Russia, After the Revolution her husband was imprisoned and eventually shot in 1919. The Princess left Russia soon afterwards. Cross-examined, tho Princess agreed that her husband did not give her any; document showing that tho property; in Russia belonged to her, Tho case was adjourned.
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Evening Post, Volume CVI, Issue 121, 27 November 1928, Page 9
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Evening Post, Volume CVI, Issue 121, 27 November 1928, Page 9
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