Russian Lady's Case against Two Americans: Claim for Five Thousand Dollars When Mr. R. T. Evans, counsel for one of the defendants in an action for defamation of character brought by Miss Mary G. Rabenow against two American residents in north China, submitted that as the solicitor for the ce-defendant was not present the case should be postponed, his Honour Judge C. S. Lobingier in the U. S. Court on Monday, ordered that the case be called for the Tientsin sessions.
The plaintiff, " Russian subject, of 45 North Szechuen Road, alleges that_ Mrs. Grimes, wife of Mr. A. G. Grimes, a member of the Tract Society of Northern and Central China, spoke maliciously in public concerning her (plaintiff), saying that she was immoral and a political refugee which plaintiff took to mean that she was unfit to educate children; that on December 20, 1920, the ce-defendant, Dr. Andrew E. Woods, of Peking, told Mr. Lutz, manager of the Wagons Lit Hotel, that plaintiff was ill and had to stay with Dr. Woods; and that defendant made this statement, according to his own words, to hide the real situation of plaintiff. Plaintiff therefore lost the offer of a situation in Toonju School, and consequently had been unable to find employment in Peking.
Other extracts from the petition were to the following effect:—Plaintiff had asked Dr. Woods to recommend her a situation, but the latter replied that it would be very difficult to find her one. He advised her not to fight against slander as it was like fighting against frogs.
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