'The plight of a film star, Miss Chang. Chineyun, who was hard' pressed for money and whose house was sealed by her creditors, was told in the First Special District Court on Thursday afternoon, when her attorney, Mr. Koo, asked for relief in the matter of Court expenses in her suit instituted against Mr. Tang Chi-shan, local tea merchant, for $200,000 damages in accordance with the terms of an agreement said to have been entered into between the two parties when they were alleged to be living together.
'According to the attorney, Miss 'Chang had been extremely poor dur-Ing recent months, and had been unable to pay her jeweller and tailor. Her own house had been' sealed by' creditors recently when her cheque could not be cashed. At present she was on a six months' tour to Singa-ore with a theatrical troup and was receiving $700 q month. The attorney said because of her recent conditions, she was unable to get money from her friends in Shanghai to finance the proceedings.
The hearing was held before Judge Tsao in the civil division. Both the plaintiff and the defendant were absent. It was alleged by the plaintiff that at the time when she was living with the defendant, she discovered that he was married. In order to, please her, the defendant signed an Agreement' promising to give her $200,000. It was said that at the time Of separation, the plaintiff was given $10,000 by Mr. Tang.
The tea merchant and the late Miss Yuan Ling-yn, a film star, were the defendants in 2 private criminal prosecution instituted by one Mr. Chang Dah-ming Miss Yuan committed suicide by swallowing an overdose of a sleeping drug last year when the proceedings were still being conducted against them. Mr, Tang was. later acquitted.
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