The Archive · 1923

R. T. Evans for the defendant

The plaintiff's claim was to re ject the pony "Why Not" bought by him from the defendant and for the return of the sum of Ts. 2,000 paid by the plaintiff to the defendant therefor or in the altertiative the sum of Ts. 2,000 as damages for breach of a warranty given by the defendant to the plaintiff. Mr. Mounsey said ha was not prepared to go to trial of the case at this juncture. He made two applications, (1) for pleadings, (2) for transfer of the hearing to the Supreme Court, Shanghai. Discussion took place as to the relative number and quality of the witnesses at Shanghai and Tientsin. His -Honour decided -to report the case to the Supreme Court at Shanghai for instractions.

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