Overland's Case

• Jurisdiction: Noruega
• Docket Number: Case No. 156
• Date: 25 August 1943
• Court: District Court (Norway)

Norway, District Court of Aker.

Case No. 156

Øverland's Case.

Belligerent Occupation — Legislative Measures of Authorities Installed by Occupant — Expropriation Decrees — Power to Alter Existing Laws — Competence of Courts to Pass on Validity of Legislative Measures under the Authority of the Occupant.

The Facts.—Peter Øverland, the owner of a large estate near Oslo, bequeathed his estate to Selskapet for Norges Vel, an agricultural society, for use as an experimental farm. After his death one of his descendants, R., challenged the will and took steps to acquire the estate in application of his allodial privileges. Such allodial privileges (odelsrett) are based on old Norwegian custom; they are also...