An appeal against a judgment of the Nazaret Land Court, dismissing a claim to grazing rights on certain land near Nahalal, was lost by Arab villagers and tribesmen in the Court of Appeals here.
The Land Court handed down its judgment following a dispute as to rights held in land in the possession of the Jewish National Fund. The peasants claimed that three years ago the National Fund had interfered with their grazing rights and had erected a fence around the area in question.
The Land Court held that the plaintiffs had failed to establish their claim, and that the area under dispute had not been grazing land “ab antiquo” for Bahloul village and the Mazarib tribesman.
When the case was taken to the Court of Appeal, counsel for the National Fund asked that it be dismissed on the plea that the grounds of appeal had been filed forty days after notice of the appeal. His request was granted.
The disputed area was the center of a hostile outbreak in December, when two Jewish plowmen were injured during an attack by villagers and tribesmen.
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