HÉRAULT. TOLL RIGHTS OF THE BISHOP OF MONTPELLIER (34). Laws - Lot 84

HÉRAULT. TOLL RIGHTS OF THE BISHOP OF MONTPELLIER (34). Lawsuit of 1754: “Statement of Claim by Messrs. REY and AURES, defendants, against the Bishop of MONTPELLIER. ” 1754 – Printed by the Widow of J.P. ROBERT, Master of Arts, printer and bookseller, Rue Sainte Ursule, in St. Thomas Aquinas; 11 folio pages: “Can a tenant farmer be ordered to pay the rent on his lease when he has been irresistibly prevented from cultivating the land?” “The Bishop of MONTPELLIER collected various tolls from the ponds in his diocese (the ponds of Vic, Carnon, and Diègnes), when he was compelled, by order of the Prince, to have his titles verified before continuing to enforce them...”

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