LENGTHY LAWSUIT RECORDS
France, where a lawsuit begrun in 1327 is now on the point oi settlement, easily holds the record for lengthy litigation. For this is not an isolated case. A .suit concerning certain seignorial rights which opened in 1210 was not finally disposed of until 1848, and another between the towns of Campan and Ilagnere« required well over 500 years to settle. Compared with these, England's longest case, in which tho Berkeleys and the Talbots engaged for a mere 120 years, almost sounds like an. instance of summary jurisdiction
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New Zealand Times, Volume LIII, Issue 12538, 30 August 1926, Page 3
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91LENGTHY LAWSUIT RECORDS New Zealand Times, Volume LIII, Issue 12538, 30 August 1926, Page 3
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