Judgment was delivered by the Special District Court. recently in the case in which Messrs. Arts Crafts. brought a claim against RK. Raphael for Ts. 1,915, representing the sum of @ cheque is-he} sued by defendant to plaintiffs, By the judgment, the defendant. was ordered to pay the sum claimed by plaintits with interest from March 1 to date of payment, According to plaintiffs, the cheque for Tls. 1.915 issued by fendant to plaints was payable on eh 31 last, but on account. of defendant's" instructions to. the bank, the payment of the cheque not _made when the date fell 'A claim for the payment, of this cheque with interest was then brought against the defendant, Defendant, represented by" Mr: Huang Hua, applied for dis of the plaintiffs" action, the defer stating briefly that although true that, the cheque had been by defendant to plaintits, the latter "company had. fixed doo! curtains and carpet in defendant's residence and the work. was bad. Defendant "then notified company to have them repaired, but the repairs were not completed.
cheque was steppe Gonseauenty "the, payment of the ate, the Court held thatthe In giving judgment for the plain
d|dravier: of a cheque cannot counter: mand the order for the payment within the period specified Article 126 except were the cheque is. lost or stolen or has been acquired through bad OF gross negligence, which in expressly provided in Article 190 of the Law on Negotiable Instrumets, Counsel, for plaintiffs were Messrs. Badeley, A. Y. Ting and
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