Court: Defendant's Suggestion of Duress A claim involving a Japanese woman, a British subject, their 'g Telationship, ce-habitation, quent separation and a document, was heard before, Judge Peter Grain at H. M. Supreme Court on Monday. The ease was originally brought before Judge Sir Skinner Turner when leave to defend was granted upon the application Mr, L. K. Kentwell who appeared for the defendant on December of last year.
Yesterday Mr. Tycho Wing appeared for the plaintiff, Sone Fuji-yama, and the defendant, Albert William Browne, was represented Mr, Kentwel The case one in which the plaintiff claims that at the request defendant she acted as his housekeeper from September 1915 to February 1924 and in considerate of this he agreed to pay her the sum. of $65 per month for life. Plaintiff claimed that defendant agreed to this by signing a document but had mage no payments and there was a sum of $250 now owing to her. Further that though the document had not been sealed by defendant hie had agreed to recognive it. The plaintiff asked that the cour: make an order for. the defendant to duly "al the agreement.
The defence was that the defend-not admit any of the state-of the claim except that the iff and defendant had cohabited together from 1916 to 1924 when he decided to care ce-habiri tion. Defendant had made a Promise to pay $65 per month to: plaintiff to induce her to cease threatening defendant with loss of employment as plaintiff had done after he ceased ce-habitation. \Defendant said the promise was made. without consideration. He also. admitted failing to pay $65 per month to plaintiff but said the plaintiff was not entitled to payment as the document was not his. ded.
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