Shanghai, 10th November, 1836 Before Gewerat R. Kennes U.S. Consul-General, Acting Judicially.
JULES AND IDA BOUCHAND v. ETHEL CLINTON,
supplied to, and work done for, the det The plaintiffs claimed $203.09 for dant between 4th and 30ch April 1885 defendant admitted purchasing the articles, Hut davied that the account furnished was correct, the charges being cou-sidered exorbitant and unusual J Bovcuaxp sworn, stated—Cam a silk mercer, and my wife is @ dress-maker, partnership under the name of amuuntin, mentione:
in was the account which rendvrod to the defendant.
By the defondwut—l think 1 told you the price of the articles at the time they were pt By the Consot Genenat—My wife and I were together at the time the things were Id, We always lot peo, ly know the price when they buy anything. T supp did 20 in this instance, but it la nearly two years now, and I do not remember what was said.
The defendant—1 wish to pay for the things L have had, but how is it] have not had the bill sunt before; you charge me other dressmakers clu.
ho plaintiff—I do nut charge you more than other people, I have charged you 1886 then I did previously. - If you did not like the price, why did you come to me; Idid not call your t" come to me, The defendant—i do not object to the price of the materials, it is the cost of The item in the account wer then gone plaintiff produced his books had charged the defendant no more than he had charged other peopl The defendant handed to the Court sume stuff, and asked His Honour to value it, but as His Honour said he was no judge of such articles, he appealed to everybody in the Court as to whether they c-uld value it, but met with a negative reply.
The defendant now sai 10 objected to some of the things, a dress had been ruined in making up, and after it had been washed it looked like @ bal she said, she had had the dresses made up at $1 at piece. There was not so much lace supplied to her as she was charged for.
As there were no means of ascertaining the true value of the articles from people in Court, His Honor adjourned the case till 3 pan.
On the Court re-assembling His Hovous said the parties had come to asettlemeut out of Court, the plaintiff agreeing to take $150 in satisfaction of his claim. Exch party would pay half the costs in the case.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.