The Tenant's Leaky Roof: A
Judgement of Solomon A case involving a tenant's re fusal to pay increased rent sprung veen him at the last monient was heard in the civil division of the Mixed Court on Saturday.
Mr. Y. S. Ziar appeared for the plaintiff and the defendant, Van Yoong-tsung, appeared in person.
According to Mr. Ziar, the house, in common with others owned by the plaintiff in the vicinity, was of recent construction and in every way worth the new rental demand ed. Counsel asked the Court take into consideration the fact that. the return on the capital invested amounted to some seven per cent.
Defendant denied that the house was in good condition. As a matter of fact it was very much in need of repair. The roof leaked badly in rainy weather, and the new rental was sprang on him without due not In giving judgement, the Court remarked that a return of seven per cent. on the capital invested was not exorbitant, but the difference between the old and the new rental certainly was. In these circumstances the plaintiff would be ordered to enforce an increased rental of not more than 50 per cent. of the difference until the beginning of the new Chinese year, when the other 50 per cent. could be levied.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.