6.  The applicant was born in 1928 and lives in Namysłów, Poland. 7.  In 1979 the applicant’s sister and her husband filed with the Kluczbork District Court (sąd rejonowy) an action in which they requested that the co-ownership of the house shared by them with the applicant be dissolved. They sought to be granted the sole ownership of the house on payment of a compensation to the applicant. 8.  In 1981 the District Court dismissed the action. 9.  In 1982 the Opole Regional Court (sąd wojewódzki) quashed that judgment and remitted the case for re-examination. 10.  In 1983, having re-examined the case, the District Court granted the plaintiffs’ claim. In 1984 the Regional Court amended that judgment. 11.  Subsequently, the General Prosecutor filed an extraordinary appeal against the judgments of both courts. 12.  In 1985 the Supreme Court quashed them and remitted the case for re-examination. 13.  In 1988 the District Court after the re-examination again granted the plaintiffs’ claim. 14.  In October 1988 the Regional Court dismissed the applicant’s appeal against that judgment. The First President of the Supreme Court filed an extraordinary appeal. 15.  In 1991 the Supreme Court again quashed the judgments of both courts and remitted the case for re-examination. 16.  On 27 October 1997 the Kluczbork District Court gave judgment. It dissolved the co-ownership and awarded the ownership of separate parts of the house to the parties. The applicant and the plaintiffs appealed. 17.  On 5 August 1998 the Opole Regional Court dismissed both appeals. The applicant filed a cassation appeal with the Supreme Court. 18.  On 12 June 2001 the Supreme Court refused to entertain that appeal.