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Charles Dickens based the generation-spanning probate case at the heart of Bleak House on a number of real cases languishing in the chancery court system. One of the inspirations, Jennens v. Jennens, concerned the estate of financier William Jennens, also known as The Miser of Acton and considered the wealthiest commoner of his day. How old was the case when it finally ended?
Hint: The case was already 55 years old when Dickens wrote Bleak House.
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