The building of a "Madison Square Garden of the Orient" in Shanghai was mentioned during an action which was heard before Judge P. Grant Jones in H.M. Supreme Court yesterday. The case was one in which Mr. James Augustus Thompson brought a counter claim against Mr. A. C. Davis, Shanghai journalist and shorthand writer, for a sum of $6,072.72.
Mr, Thompson, who is manager of J. A. Thompson & Ca., real estate agents, of Szechuen Road, was represented by Mr. R. L. Stuart. Judgment against Mr, Thompson was given in 1936 for $3,262.44 with interest but a stay of execution was ordered until a counterclaim against Mr. Davis was heard.
This came up before Judge P. Grant Jones yesterday and it was opposed by Mr. Davis, who was represented by Mr. P. Watkin Williams, In the original action in 1986 the claim against defendant (Thompson) was based on a promissory note made out to Davis by defendant after a company called "The International Stadium Ltd." had been floated with defendant and plaintiffs as partners.
In the original hearing defendant
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