Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 204, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 August 1919 — Lawsuit Lasted 478 Years. [ARTICLE]

Lawsuit Lasted 478 Years.

A lawsuit regarding Rhodesian mining rights, which has reached the house of lords in its fourth year, is quite a legal infant when compared with some that have preceded it. The Thellusson will case, for example, dragged out in the courts from 1797 to 1857. Another similar action at law, known as the Bishop-Demetra will case, lasted 122 years. Even this, however, is not a record, for in 1908 there wqs settled at Friema a lawsuit that had been in progress, since 1430. The raising of a dam was the point at issue and it occupied the courts for exact!® 478 years.