pom was reserved in the United States Court for China yesterday by Judge M. J. Helmick in the case of Mr. M. Ito vs. the American Securities Corporation.
Mr. Ito, a Japanese piece goods dealer who carries on business under the name of Ekki Xoko, sued the American firm for 13,915 yen as compensation for several bales of rayon yarn which were stolen from the defendant's godown, 1362 Yangtszepoo Road, on the morning of February 17, 1938. Mr. J. B. Davies of Allman, Davies and Kops, attorney for the plaintiff, contended that the robbery was due to negligence on the part of the American firm and: that responsibility for subsequent loss was therefore theirs.
Mr. H. D. Rodger, of Rodger and guilty of any negligence which made Werner, attorneys for the defence, ihe robbery possible. told the court that due to the The first witness called was Mr. state of hostilities existing in Masutai Ito who stated that he had Shanghai territory at the time of the stored 40 bales of rayon yarm, robbery the responsibility for looting alned on the invoice at 7,360 as a result of these hostilities was yen, in the defendants' bonded not the defendant's Mr. Rodger also godown No. 11 where it remained stated that defendant had not been until May 31, 1937, when it was removed to godown 11 which was located on the same premises. Mr. Ito
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