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Show End t IVon( tawmlt. " An extraordinary lawsuit, which com-nenced com-nenced Sept. 15, 1788, baa just been con-sluded, con-sluded, after haring lasted 121 years. In ;he year 1419 Bishop Demendy, of Neu-;ra, Neu-;ra, in northern' Hungary, died, leaving ais immense estates to bis family. Owing, however, to the Turkish invasion of Hungary at that time, the bishop's relatives rela-tives were unable to take possession of the property. After the invasion it was found that the number of persons who had a right to share in tbe property waa upward of a thousand. As they were unable to agree among themselves as to the division of the estates, es-tates, an appeal was made to the law. The courts of justice were so afraid of doing injustice by precipitate action that all the original heirs, and even the next two generations, had passed away before a decision was arrived at. Meantime the expenses of the law and administration had to be paid, and while these have well nigh swallowed up the once vast fortune, the heirs have increased in number to more than 2,000. Now that the judgment judg-ment of the court has been delivered, the bishop's descondante find that property that should have now been worth probably prob-ably a quarter of a million has melted down to something over .3,000, out of which tbey have still to pay a lawyer'a bill of 1,000. . This will leave the fortunate for-tunate heirs at least a tovereign apiece, London Standard. |
