4.  The applicant was born in 1915 and lives in Nyíregyháza. 5.  On 12 January 1996 the applicant brought an action against her neighbours with a view to terminating their common ownership of a house. 6.  After having held several hearings and obtained the opinion of an expert, on 25 November 1996 the Nyíregyháza District Court dismissed the action, holding that no physical division was possible, whereas a buyout or the auctioning of the house would cause the respondents disproportionate damage. 7.  On 17 September 1997 the Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg County Regional Court dismissed the applicant's appeal. 8.  On 13 May 1998 the Supreme Court quashed this decision and remitted the case to the second-instance court. 9.  In the resumed proceedings, on 29 August 2000 the Regional Court ordered the respondents to buy out the applicant's share of property. 10.  On 26 February 2003 the Supreme Court upheld this decision. Its judgment was served on the applicant on 17 June 2003.