Action Arising from the Drowning of Mr. L. W. Pierce at Soochow: G. $10,600 Claim The action of Nellie A. Pierce, executrix of the last will and testa. ment of L. W. Pierce, deceased, against Messrs. Eisler, Reeves Murphy, Inc., was begun before Judge C. S. Lobingier in the U. S. Court for China on Tuesday morning. The plaintiff was represented by Mr. C.°S. Franklin, while Mr. Stirling Fessenden appeared for the defendant firm.
The petition alleged that the deceased, on behalf of the Foreign Mission Board, on February 16, 1922, entered, into a contract with the defendant company to build and equip a motor launch for the Foreign Mission Board, in accordance with certain specifications, for the sum of Tls. 3,700. The motor Jaunch delivered did not fulfill the implied warranty of seaworthiness, but was in fact so unseaworthy that shortly after her delivery, on July 16, 1922, while
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