Judgment for Defendants: Judge's Comments on Inability of Chinese Plaintiffs ' to Prove Existence of Goods on Which They Claimed Judgment was delivered by His Honour Judge Sir Skinner Tarne jin H. M. Supreme Court on Manda; in who action brought by the Tien Luen (Piece Goods) Hong, of Nan-King, against the Royal Insurance 'The claim was the sequel to a fire! Jwhich occurred on the plaintiffs' premises at Nanking. Plaintiffs, were insured with defendant company, and put in a claim in respect of the fire for an amount between Tis,.50,000 and Tls. 51,000. The insurance company refused to pay, this sum on the ground that it was considerably more than the amount of damage done. The matter was taken to arbitration, before Mr. D. Bell, who gave his decision assessing the amount of damage at, Tis, 1,550 only. The Tien Luen firm then demanded this sum from the company, but the insurance company still refused to pay on the ground that the discrepancy between the amount of the original dai the amount awarded by arbitrator was so great, that plaintiffs it their of false and, thereby for-felting all claim they might have had on the insurance company.
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