Appeal Against G.$171,000 Judgment Sustained by Appeal Court Toformation was received in: Shanghai on Monday that the Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco had overruled Judge Lobingicr's decision the action of the Belgian Trading Ca., v, Neuss, Hesslein in which amount of G.S171,- 9 was claimed. Messrs. weted for defend: ants of the action in Shanghai and instituted the appeal to the United States higher courts, Tt will be recalled that plainti alleged in his petition that the defendant had made a contract with him for 100 tons of egg spray yolk at 54 cents per Ib,, and 7 tons hen' egg albumen $1.28 por Ib ed Plaintiff asserted had broken the contract, thereby suffer damage ryed in Shanghai upon one W. P. Hough, who at the time was a solicitor or salesman representing the defendant Shanghai.
Defendant appeared especially} for the purpose of pleading to the Jurisdiction St the Court on the Bround, (1) that the defendant was not engaged in business in Shanghai, and therefore was not subject to the jurisdiction of the Court, and (2) that Hough was not an tye defendant qualmed fo accept service of summons. This plea to the jurisdiction was overruled by Judge Lobingier.
At the time of the hearing Mr. R. 7. Bryan contended that there was no contract, which opinion the Court did not concur with. No delable—the cable being the dismissal, but it would seem that the Circuit Court of Appeals held that the American Court for China had no jurisdiction, Awtonto Sanches, the young man accused of snatching a bag containing $10 from a Russian lady, Mrs. A. Protosova, in North Szechuen, Road on Wednesday evening, was sentenced at the Mixed Court last Friday to three months' imprisonment, A plea that he was a Spanish citizen and out of the Jurisdiction of the Court was not accepted by the Spanish authorities.
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