4.  The applicants were born in 1934 and 1937 respectively and live in Budapest. 5.  In 1981 the applicants, as a courtesy, permitted their neighbour to connect his house to the pipeline supplying their house with water. However, in 1992 they wished to terminate the courtesy use of their water system. 6.  In the resultant litigation, which started on 27 March 1992, the Vác District Court dismissed the applicants' action on 4 March 1993. This decision was quashed by the Pest County Regional Court on 11 November 1993. 7.  In the resumed proceedings, the opinion of an expert was obtained on 26 January 1996. On 23 April 1996 the District Court invited the respondent to bring another action with a view to having a servitude registered in his favour. He did so on 8 May 1996. The cases were joined on 10 October 1997. 8.  After several hearings, on 23 February 1999 the District Court dismissed both the applicants' claim to have the neighbour's water connection removed and the latter's claim to establish a servitude. It ordered the neighbour to pay a fee for the use of the applicants' land. 9.  On appeal, on 5 October 2000 the Pest County Regional Court upheld this decision in essence, but modified the amount of the fee payable. On 29 October 2003 the Supreme Court dismissed the applicants' petition for review. This decision was served on 25 March 2004.