'The plaintiff on the other hand had to pay for the scoads to the bank in order to take delivery thereof, and it was not until the 13th year of the Republic (1924) that the goods were sold. Later the plaintiff discovered the defendants' address and whereabouts, and therefore this action is instituted before this Court, for recovery of damages sustained by the plaintiff in the sum of Tls. 3,946.70.
The defendants maintained in their defence that their shop had always been at the address of 28 Yoon Tuck Lee Alleyway off Hsiang Feng Loong, Shanghai, for over ten years since their establishment to the ith moon of the 16th year of the Republic (1927) when they closed the business, and during which period they had never moved their business, to another place. They further alleged that the plaintiff nev caused the arrival notice and invoice for the said goods to be sent to them; they were therefore an)
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