19 heard a motion to vacate and set ide a judgment by consent giver in April, 1928, by the same court in the case of the Republic of China, plaintiff, v. Merchants Fire Assurance of New York, defendant, in which case judgment was given for plaintiff in the sum of Mex. '$66,238.12 with interest and costs.
The original action arose out of! the insuring of the telephone building at Wuchang in 1925 by the party controlling that area at the: time and known as the Peking: government. Subsequently the buildings were burned down and meanwhile the Peking governmen: ceased to exist:
Counsel were Mr. C. S. Franklin for the defendant -and Mr. H. D.
Rodger for the plaintiff.
Mr. Rodger based his-matlow' o3 the contention that. the" Peking
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