Index: jackrabbit-jcr-server/src/main/java/org/apache/jackrabbit/webdav/jcr/search/SearchResultProperty.java
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--- jackrabbit-jcr-server/src/main/java/org/apache/jackrabbit/webdav/jcr/search/SearchResultProperty.java	(revision 627641)
+++ jackrabbit-jcr-server/src/main/java/org/apache/jackrabbit/webdav/jcr/search/SearchResultProperty.java	(working copy)
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@
         } else if (propValue instanceof Element) {
             parseColumnElement((Element)property.getValue(), colList, valList, valueFactory);
         } else {
-            new IllegalArgumentException("SearchResultProperty requires a list of 'dcr:column' xml elements.");
+            throw new IllegalArgumentException("SearchResultProperty requires a list of 'dcr:column' xml elements.");
         }
 
         columnNames = (String[]) colList.toArray(new String[colList.size()]);