Background

The claimants filed a case against defendants and requested the court to order them to pay 490700 Egyptian Pounds because they had illegally seized land they had inherited from their father.

The defendants filed a case against another defendant and requested the court order him to pay the compensation.

The claimants amended their request and requested the court to order the defendants to pay them 1409844.800 Egyptian Pounds.

The court rejected the defendants' case and ruled the defendant should pay the claimants 314997.500 Egyptian Pounds.

The defendant and the claimants appealed the ruling before the court of appeal. The court changed the appealed ruling and ruled the defendants should pay the claimants 314697.500 Egyptian Pounds.

Decision

The claimants appealed the ruling before the court of cassation and stated in their grounds of appeal that the ruling had erred in the application of law and the court had estimated the value of compensation based on the price of the land when it was seized instead of its price when they filed the case.