In a message dated 05/16/2001 2:09:43 PM Mountain Daylight Time, jleehunt1@aol.com writes: > but I am assuming that the > most litigious beings on the earth (ie , colonial Virginians), simply > brought > otherwise unsettled "traffic" matters to trial, > They certainly were ligious, weren't they? I often smile to myself when I hear someone talk about how Americans are "becoming" litigious. I suppose the major difference is that our colonial ancestors were busily suing each other--while our peers are suing large corporations--though neighbors are by no means exempt! But some of the old court cases merely confuse me. So a man sold a piece of land left to his son by a grandfather before the son was of age---why was the man's NEIGHBOR suing him over that? And yes, it did occur to me that the neighbor bringing the suit might have been a relative protecting the boy's interest--but no evidence of that. Unfortunately, I never found the resolution of the case--just the neighbor buying the same piece of land in questions ten years later! (method in his madness?) Karen Dale Larkspur CO