6.  P.L.Z., G.Z. and S.Z. were the owners of an apartment in Florence, which they had let to G.G. 7.  In a writ served on the tenant on 17 November 1986, they communicated their intention to terminate the lease and summoned the tenant to appear before the Florence Magistrate. 8.  By a decision of 11 December 1986, which was made enforceable on 23 March 1988, the Florence Magistrate upheld the validity of the notice to quit and ordered that the premises be vacated by 31 December 1988. 9.  On 8 October 1987, the applicant became the owner of the apartment. 10.  On 8 April 1988, the applicant served notice on the tenant requiring her to vacate the premises. 11.  On 28 December 1990, the applicant made a statutory declaration that she urgently required the premises as accommodation for herself. 12.  On 4 March 1991, the tenant having died in the meantime, she served notice on the latter's cohabiting daughter, requiring her to vacate the premises. 13.  On 28 March 1991, the applicant served notice on her informing her that the order for possession would be enforced by a bailiff on 17 May 1991. 14.  Between 17 May 1991 and 23 May 1995, the bailiff made eight attempts to recover possession. Each attempt proved unsuccessful, as the applicant was never granted the assistance of the police in enforcing the order for possession. 15.  On an unspecified date of 1998, the tenant's daughter spontaneously vacated the apartment ant the applicant repossessed the premises.