Shanghai, 29th April, Before R. A. Mowar, Enq. Assistant Wu Vu-snaw v. D. Sassooy, Sons & Ca, His Lonpsurr gave judgment this morning us follows In th'se the plaintiff seeks to recover the sum of 4,861.98, being the balance of the price of certi gold sold in Novem Der, 1883, to the defendants, as he alleges, through their compradore.' At the heat ing it was established beyond dispute the defendants were complete tran transaction. which was one entered into by the compradore on his own account, and in ceapect of which he has throughout admitted his liability to the plaintiff. The compradore, aa appeara from th was himself employ-d in busine extensive scale, in the course of whi had very large tranaxetions with the plain-lif, Ue having falled, however, shortly after the purchase, the plaintiff brings his action against the defendants, alleging that, whoever the real purchaser war, it was with the defendants he was dealing, and that it was to them and not to the compradore that hegavecredit, Tue question thus resolves itself into one of the piaintif's credibility t the fact (as he alleges) that he was danlwith the defendants? Or was he (x8 alleged on the other side) den! [the compradore personally? Under the
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