History of a Plot Owned by the Syndicate: Mr. Tam Wa's Connexion with the Mortgage: Judgement for Defendant The dispute concerning a plot of land at Yangtszepoo, in which the parties were Mr. Tam Wa, a Chinese Byndioabe, and the widow of one of its members, was decided by His Honour Judge Grain at H. Supreme Court on Saturday, judge meat being given for the defendant, Tam Wa.
Mr. P. W. Goldring appeared for the plaintiff, Chun Chang-sze_ the widow, and Mr. H. Lipson Ward for defendant, His Lordship's judgement. was as follows The plaintiff in this case is the widow of one Chun Kam-mun who died in September, 1913.
She claims from the defendant Tam Wa otherwise known as Tom Ward (a British subject) the title deeds of a parcel of land B. C. Lot No. 4002, situate at Yangtszepoo of which the defendant is the registered owner.
In the alternative she claims Tls. 18,000 damages for the wrongly detention of the title deeds.
The history of the transactions concerning the land areas follows:
Somewhere before 1909 a syndicate called the Cantonese Hua Tak Land Investment Syndicate was formed to deal in undeveloped Jand
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