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Show LONG FIGHT1 Kdh FIVE COLLARfl Quit fcr Small Strip or Land Settloti AMer Sixty Ycsrs. . Dragged thrr:ui?U tho court for ovrfr GO years, tho lawsuit of Andrew Camp versus William Zimmerman , has bpn finally docklcd In court Leie, aay'th Now York Herald's Allentown (PnJ correspondent. The litigants wcro lending larmLis In tho upper oml of Lehigh coi'i'y, a?d tho dispute arose oor h. Btrlp of land worth about flvg dollarB. H is 1,890 feet long and In, width from- four to 23 fact. Tho suit was over the ownership of tho land, nnd the litigation bognrt when Zlmaigririn cut down a chestnut treo on the prjperty. The mon and tholr fnmll.es, although neighbors, havo not spoken togothcr for half a century. Tho caso haslioen In tho supremo co.irt nt least three times, and no less than $30,030 has been srent In lawyers' feos nnd other costs In tho litigation, Since ho last suit was brought Zimmerman Zim-merman haB died, as hao also his lawyer, John Hupp, nnd tho principal witness, Petor Kunklc. The widow, however, fought tho caso to a finish, but sho lost, tho Jury deciding that tho property belongs to Camp. When suits Involving tho question of damages wcro tried tho verdict novcr exceeded six dollars. |