Index: server/src/java/org/apache/jackrabbit/server/AbstractWebdavServlet.java
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--- server/src/java/org/apache/jackrabbit/server/AbstractWebdavServlet.java	(revision 394043)
+++ server/src/java/org/apache/jackrabbit/server/AbstractWebdavServlet.java	(working copy)
@@ -447,17 +447,8 @@
         }
 
         MultiStatus ms = new MultiStatus();
-        try {
-            MultiStatusResponse msr = resource.alterProperties(setProperties, removeProperties);
-            ms.addResponse(msr);
-        } catch (DavException e) {
-            /* NOTE: known bug with litmus, which expects the exception (e.g. 423)
-               to the set instead of the MultiStatus Code. RFC 2518 explicitely
-               expects the errors to be included in the multistatus.
-               Remove the catch if this turns out to be an problem with clients
-               in general. */
-            ms.addResourceStatus(resource, e.getErrorCode(), DEPTH_0);
-        }
+        MultiStatusResponse msr = resource.alterProperties(setProperties, removeProperties);
+        ms.addResponse(msr);
         response.sendMultiStatus(ms);
     }