"Allman for' the Merchants' Fire Insurance Corp. MP, W. Y. Char opresonted the Nationalist authorlties.
After hearing argument of coun-tol, His Honour sustained the plea 4n abatement. and plaintiffs action was dismissed.
The cate involved the sum of 966,238.12, insurance covering, the premises of.the Wuchang Telephone Administration which was burned own in February, 1926, At the time of issuance ofthe insurance policies as well as at the time of the fire, the Wauchang Telephone Administration was subordinate to the Ministry of Communications at Peking. Subsequently, some eight months tater, the Nationalist army] PAY, captured Wuchang and took over the portally destroyed: premisca 'Defendants' plea in abatement contended that that Nationaliat Gor ernment was not recognized by the United States, and that lacking this recognition it had no right to bring jit in any court of the United
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