The Court of Appeal in Jerusalem has dismissed an appeal by the heirs of Mustapha Kaabani, descendants of Ahmed Bami Bey Kaabani (who died in 1873), against the decision of the Land Settlement Officer to transfer an area of 8,000 dunams of land in Emek Hefer to the Jewish National Fund, the Jerusalem correspondent of The Jewish Chronicle reports.
Litigation began in Turkish times and continued through twenty years of British administration. Saad Ed Din Kaabani’s eldest son sold the land, but the sale was contested by the heirs, who contended that their rights in it had not lapsed.
Legal arguments lasted for three days, at the end of which the Court dismissed the appeal, declaring that a reasoned judgment would be issued at a later date. M. Eliash appeared for the Jewish National Fund.
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