Mrs. Hanson alleged in her petition that the land was transferred from British registry to the Danish on May 1, 1920, and on November 18 of that year was delivered to Mr. Stone to transfer to American registry. He was also to draw a declaration of trust in favour of Mrs. Hanson. The petition further states that Mr. Stone failed to register the deed until February 1, 1921, and further drew a declaration in favour of Mr. Y. C. Woo, in order that it could be used for a compradore's guarantee.
Evidence was elicited from Mrs. Hanson that she was while a minor under law, by persuasive means forced into a marriage with Mr. Emil Fischer, a man some 30 years her senior. In the prenuptial agreement signed the day previous to the marriage, she upon repre sentation by her guardian and Mr. Fischer, that it was all richt, siened the document, which gave as a dowry to her prospective husband the property in Burkill Road. This procedure and the marriage, it was asserted, occurred in T.ondon in Mav 1912. She denied knowledge of the content: of the document.
Witness testified that she left her husband in October, 1913, in Shanghai, where some time later the settlement was arrived at. It appears that under Austro-Hungarian law, the nationality of the original nlaintif, common property must be divided between the parties to the marriage at the time of divorce.
Mr. Franklin in cross-examination asked—Did you offer Tls. 10.000 as a settlement under Jaw?—No, it was for my divorce only.
Witness continued to reiterate under questioning that, the mortgage of Tls. 10,000 was only for her divorce.
Mr, Hanson said that Mr. Stone, for the company, had tried to cet advances from the Asia Banking Corporation, the Chinese American Bank. and the American Express Ca., but was not successful because of the clouded title and the gistration under the Danish law. Witness later told Mr. Woo, the compradore, that he and Mrs. Hanson could no longer consider the property as devotable to the firm's interests.
Mr. Hartigan—Did you give permission to transfer the deeds to U.S. Consular registry!—No.
Mr. Hartigan—Did Mrs. Hanson
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