In ILM, Supreme Court on Tuesday, before Judge Sir Peter Grain, the' case was brought in which Doung Sing-yee, sued the Mechanic al Equipment Ca. of 62 Kiangse Road for. Tls. 30,204.45 which he claimed vere duc on advances, interest, salary and commission. "The plaintiff was Yonmerly the eompradore of the defendants' firm.
Mr, M, B. Brown appeared on. behalf of the plainti and Mr. A. Covey for the defendants.
In giving an outline of the case Mr. Brown said that in the agree ment drawn up between the plaintiff and defendants it was stipulate ed that plaintiff should not advance above the sum of Tls. 15,000 but} this sum had been almost doubled by the plaintiff, Under the agreement plaintiff was entitled to commission on all jobs undertaken by subject anda Chinese subject, and the Chinese went into the British Court, he could charge only the the legal interest charged by British bank:
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.