Goizueta: arrukabordak auzitan (1795-1799) [Goizueta: lawsuit over barns (1795-1799)]

Abstract

Gorrene is the name of a farmhouse in Goizueta, the last one built in the Alkaintzin neighbourhood. When in 1795 Tomas Joxepe Perurena, the owner of the house, started to build a barn for his sheep in the vicinity of Garaizar –quite a bit later than the other residents–, he came up against a number of obstacles. The most significant of these was the one which arose from the complaint presented by the owners of the Olaso and Marijoangonea barns, both very near to his own and also used to house livestock. The ensuing lawsuit affected the entire village and lasted four years. The differences which stemmed from the conflict are analysed in this study. The research begins with a presentation of the word “arrukaborda”, still not to be found in any Basque dictionary. Reference is then made to the ordinances written in Baztán in 1696. The text goes on to describe the situation in Goizueta at the time regarding barns for livestock.