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Show CLAIM IN A FAMOUS CASE IS REJECTED PARIS. Dec 9. The civil tribunal of tho Seine today rejected the claim In a suit brought by Mme. Cotton against the French covornmont for 20.000.000 franrs ($!. 000.000). Mme. Cotton's ancestor. an-cestor. Jean Thlery, who died In Corfu In 1675. left his estate to his brothers and their descendants. After almost end-loss end-loss litigation, Napoleon seized It, using part of It to pay hl3 army and forwarding forward-ing tho rost with othor documents to Paris. The court holds that nothing has been established to show that tho Fronoh government at the tlmo approved and accepted ac-cepted responsibility for Napoleon's action' ac-tion' in oequeotorlng tho property. |