, 1866-03-01
E=E CHANCERY LITIGATION.
Some Account Of u Case that WA In
Court Over Three Hundred Yenrx,
and AmIcably Adluatcd nj Last.

FROM the Detroit Free Prest.T
The interminable character Of litigation in
The English Chancery Courts has become
proverbsal. Dickens has admirably shown It
Up IN the celebrated ease Of Jarndycc vs..
Jand5ee. But the English evidently came
honestly by this peculiarly OF their legal
code, their Saxon nelghhors being equally
stubborn in coutestlng ctalma IN chancery.
John Y. Ashling, Esq, Of TIL, city, admins
of Detroit, deceased, paid 4 day or two since,
to the heirs Of the estate, the money awarded
on claim which has been prosecuted In the
courts. Of 9sxouy for over three hundred
yeazs, It appears that August Tsoutwein, m
ancestor Of August Troutwein, late Of this
deld, who died In the northern part OF Ger
many, in or acout the year 1850. A claim was
presented agaiust The estate. and an order,
s41ocatorea,b was made in 1850 that this
c1aim among many others, should be
paid and satisfied. Nearly all the claims were
contested BY the hairs Of Count Mansfield,
great extent, was put under sequestratiou,
and has ever since been under administration
Of the Prussian Government. After great
number Of tnterlocutorT sentences, tudg-
ment was rendered By the H. senar Of the
Court Of Appeas Of SnsembEsg On t,,a The a4th
the suudry AID divers claims Of 81 claimants
in twenty.BiI shares to the heirs of halllK Fer
dinand Ifoutwefn, among whom was August
TroutweIn, altogether q one hundred and
asth share Of all claims against the estate
mentioned In judgment rendered IN 1871,
under lists one and two, or each one four hun
dked and tweute N b share Of the claims. By
this time the heiN had become 50 numerous
that they we're dltiaed into Lists, aud num-
bered under heads and sub-head. al i1f9natuns.
The Judgment making the division above re-
ierrel to, was granted on condition that they
OF their heir. should swear that "theY do nat
know, OF could, Notwithstanding ali efforts,
not ascertain that one George Zrcgcnhorn,
who died 1do9, and left more than onc child,
and that Anna Elizabeth Geb.er was tho
daughter OF Christopher Volkinand Zregen-
horn"
Fortunately they were able to take the oath
directed by the Court, and this efectually
disposed OF the Zregenhorn brnnch OF the
family. In December, 1858, 3 "pusiacat'ou ~
ment was rendered By tAe Circuit Court of
Eialeben, the belfs having taken the oath and
having become thereby entitled to claim By
this time the Troutwefn family In this city
had become entitled to one eight hundred
and fortieth Of the claims llquidated agaiust
the estate Of Connt Afanaileld, under the
cate were immense, thus having been kept
alive In the eoprts from year to year FOR more
than three hundred years Yet, notWith-
standing all this, the total amount Of the
claims awarded In the end was not far from
q, 400 coo. .-.
The title ofthe cause in It's last appearance
before the courts was "In the matter of the
administration of the Count Manzfleld' estate
and Of the Royal Fisk, represented BY a tne
| Provincial Government OF the King at Ne9-
Ec.ahusg, appellants and appetlccs, ~. ,hon n.
etc.. ferc follow by name she 5ose r. iug hr}pz
sapd aud odd hundred he AZ eseeption e. aeo o
In - Tg Ei i9 Gfbs9 shia IF aa9as = IT.
! ssss s E1ssss Fssbt RI .ss
n ana 25. s.,sns Msn'a eapiifled t. Who are. Anson
e sa q !91ss E t.
and Co1nse.hn, matter Is now fully aett.ed
tat ta,s; ;s,ossd sd one would think it were surely
ti%c. aRa Could The shira., ason r; Count, attsr
n.e tna " look down and behold his descend
snt snts nayIng up bis old debts with accumulas.
cd interest and the cost Of litigation, 1t would
surely repent him TINT he sought that little
RECOMMENDATION of his friend T.