Milton D. Purdy, on Thursday morning at 10 afolock, the case which arises as" an aftermath of the affairs of the Compagnie Orientale de, Capitalisation was do gun, Plaintiffs in the action are Messrs, Tom Griffin, John Alexander Turner and Alexander MeLure, accountants; and Wang Tsze-kong, Wong Ting-juh and Chin Chan-tay, set forth in the complaint as receivers and or liquidators of the Compagnie Orientale de Capitalisation, Messrs. R, T, Bryan, Jr., and F. J. Schuhl, and M, da Pac de Marsoulies are appearing on behalf of the plaintiffs, Defendants are Messrs. 0, G. Steen, W. I. Eisler and J. Harold Dollar, a fourth defendant being mentioned also as the Realty Syndicate Corp. Mr, Dollar and Capt. Eisler, being at the present time in the United States and outside the jurisdiction of the U. 8. Court for China, Mr, $, Fessenden and Mr, C. 8, Franklin are representing Mr. 0, G. Steen and the Realty Syndicate, Me. in the sui The petition of plaintiffs sets forth that the. 0. C, was formerly a corporation "doing business in Shanghai and organized under French law. Said company, it is stated, had been operating within the International Settlement, unrecognized by any Power having extraterritorial rights and aceordingly subject to the jurisdiction of the Provisional Court.
'A. further allegation in the petition is that during or about January 1927, the C, 0, C. was lawfully possessed ier of 358 shares of the Realty Syndicate Me, to the value of $114,657; that de-fondants unlawfully took and converted to their own use the said 358 shares and although requested, the defendants have failed or refused to return the shares or tu pay the C. O- C. the value of then.
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