Closing his case for defendant, Mr, Wing said that plaintiffs never had any contracts and no damages had ever been suffered. To say that they had several large orders on hand was in fact an absolute mis-statement. The defence wanted to know and were entitled to know what these orders were and consequently plaintiff furnished them with further particulars. There was just one meaningless document from the Texas Ca. The} ti turning out of the lights, said counsel, was merely a childish device to lend some colour to the plaintiffs' demand for the return of their deposit. Perhaps landlords did ocean sionally get into a bad temper, but they were as a rule very sensible people. Could the jury imagine Mr. Hammond being such a fool as to expel good tenants. When they went out, he had the place on his hands empty, until he could get a new tenant. It was obvious that he would do his best to minimize the loss as soon as possible. Scales of rent varied very much in Shanghai. When he made the new con-
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