Lee Ha Eung (Daewongun)"s Descendant Regains his Inheritance in Court

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Lee Ha Eung (Daewongun)"s Descendant Regains his Inheritance in Court

A descendant of Lee Ha Eung (Daewongun), who was King Kojung's father, has won his case for inheritance in an appeal hearing on October 28. Lee Chung, the direct descendant, sued the two present landowners for his ancestor's inheritance. Daewongun was Emperor Kojong's (the second last king of the Chosun Dynasty) father and exercised absolute power during his term as regent.
Daewongun left huge private holdings including Unhyungung (his private palace) in Seoul to his eldest son. The king, Kojong was the second son. Lee Chung inherited his great grandfather's large estate at the age of nine and entrusted the management of his estates to his mother when he left for the U.S. at 17. He had lived in the U.S. for 40 years.
The problem was that his mother was not able to manage the possessions because she had little knowlege of business. Lee discovered that the ownership of 7,000 pyong (1 pyong is 35.6 square feet) of land was transferred to others. He thought that an estate manager had deceived his mother and sold it.
Lee lost the first judgement but appealed the ruling. The court ruled in his favor, by saying, 'This contract is invalid because the manager deceived Lee's mother.'
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