P. L. Moore v. Far Eastern Trading Ca.
In the U. 8S. Commissioner's Court on Saturday, before Mr. N. E. Lurton, the suit for breach of contract brought by Mr. P. L. Moore against the Far Eastern Trading Ca. was continued. The sum claimed as damages was $1,241.31. and interest at 8 per cent. from May 1. The plaintiff was represented by Messrs. Schoenfeld and Schuh! and the defendant by Mr. R. S. Haskell.
With regard to the date on which 20 per cent. of purchase money was made available to plaintiff by defendant, Mr. Vantchurin, of the Russo-Asiatic Bank, testified that a native order was usually available for credit, under discount, when deposited. regardless of the date on which it fell due. The native note in question, deposited by defendant for the credit of plaintiff was never used by plaintiff. While the money was deposited on the 12th, it would not have been available for plaintiff's credit until receipt of a second letter of instructions, sent on January 17.
Conflicting allegations were made by the opposing sides as to who was to blame for the delay in issuing a satisfactory letter of instructions and also with regard to the time the amount was available.
Mr. Koo, manager of the Far Eastern Trading Ca., and Mr. Moore were both recalled and each gave his version of the payment of the credit.
Tre city of Osaka in an effort to lower the infant death rate hav employed 10 doctors who are to make a thorough. investigation of tha condition of that city. The. birth rate there is reported to be about 100 per day and the city is reported to have one of the largest infant death rates in the world. Tt is in an effort to reduce this that the physicians have been employed by the city.
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