Ownership of outlying area in Troms
Landowners and right-holders in Manndalen, under cadastral Nos. 29 – 35 in the Municipal Area of Kåfjord: 1. Erik Andersen (et al. a total of 146 parties) (Advocate Christian B. Hjort – trial appearance) versus The Norwegian State represented by the Ministry of Agriculture (Advocate Steinar Mageli).
4 October 2001.
The Rural Common Land Act section 1-1.
The case concerned whether the State was the owner of an outlying area comprising 116 sq.km. at the north of Manndalen in the local authority of Kåford in the County of Troms, and discussed, inter alia, the conditions for the acquisition of property rights by prescription.