Mr. Rodger, in reply, said that the rules of the agreement for the rendition of the Mixed Court stated that the following cases came within the jurisdiction of the Shanghai Provisional Court:—
1. Mixed criminal eases arising on foreign vessels within harbour: limits, 2 'Mixed criminal" cases arising' fon foreign property, including Municipal roads outside the limits, of the Settlement, but within the districts of Shanghai and Pao-the surrounding are districts of Shanghai and Paoshan, In the first place, said Me. Rodger, plaintiff was' not asking that the property be handed over to a Swedish subject, but merely for an order that the property 6 sold and that plaintiff be paid. Tis, 15,800." Plaintiff had all docu. ments "of title. He had also written authorizations from defendants to transfer the property, and this could not be repudiated. The regulations under which the Mixed Court was handed back did not relate to mixed cases concerning: Personal property only. All disputes between foreigners with extraterritorial rights and Chineos arising in the surrounding areas within the district of Shanghai and Paoshan came within the jurisdic tion of the Provisional" Court: mixed casco which related to realty were not excluded, Had it been the Intention of the contracting parties, iz, the Consular Body and the Kiangsu Provincial Government, to exclude mixed eases which related, to realty, this. would have beer mentioned' {n the vendition agree (Continued on Page 250.)
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