At the American Comt on Tues day afternoon Mr. N. E. Lurton, Commissioner, was occupied in hearing an section brought against Mrs. Finkelstein by the Kwang Fah Electrical Ca., in which plaintiffs claim payment of Ts. 372.15, alleged to be for electrical fittings installed.
Mme. Flora Rosemberg represented plaintiffs and Major Holeomb acted for defendant.
Chen Ching-fah, proprietor of the Electrical Ca., said that the order for the installation of the fittings was first placed in the hands of a chief contractor, who had absconded. Witness was asked ta taka over the work. The architect's interpreter had asked him in the presence of defendant and the architect to do this.
V. Arnol@, a Russian architeetural assistant, stated that when tha first contractor had disappeared, the various branches of the work were taken over by sttb-contractors. Plaintiff was entrusted with the electrical installation. Ab that time plaintiff asked rho would pay for the work, to which Mrs, Finkelstein said she would be responsible.
Fung Yung-ching, the architect's interpreter, corroborated.
The defendant, Mrs. Finkslstein, denied that sha had given instructions to plaintiff to corny out the work and that she had promised to pay him.
Judgement was reserved.
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