Alleging that she had visited defendant's beauty parlour for a permanent wave, which had been so carelessly done that her hair had been practically all burnt, necessitate ing an expensive and ' unpleasant treatment, consisting of shaving off her hair and. allowing it to grow again, Mrs, L. de Laberbis, as guardian of her daughter Susanne, claimed damages amounting to $615 from Mr, Marks, owner of Marks Beauty Parlour at 1155 Bubbling Well Road, in the First Special District Court on Monday.
According to the petition, fled by M. Paul Premet on behalf of the plaintiff, the young lady attended defendant's beauty parlour on June 7, 1939 at about 4 p.m. for a permanent wave, She charged the defendant with negligence according to Article 184 of the Chinese Civil Code and she claimed pecuniary compensation under Article 145 of the same code, M. Premet producing in Court various bills paid for a wig and special treatment.
M. Premet contended that the damages should be heavy, such clumsy hairdressers, he said, being a public danger. Only a substantial indemnity could comfort a lady for such a loss, he stated. At the hearing the defendant appeared without regular power and the case was adjourned.
Company in order to secure further facts and figures in justification of the proposed increase in fares. In submitting the information required the Company stated that the inherent principle of its fares policy has been and still is to maintain a low economic level well within the scope of the low wage-earning industrial population for which the Company caters, and that the popularity of the service offered by the Company is evidence of public approval of the fares charged.
The Company further stated that fares were last increased in June 1933, since when there has been a considerable increase in operating costs which has been rendered still more serious within the last few days by the further drop in the sterling value of the local dollar to 6% pence as compared with 8% pence when the Company's application was made to the Council on April 26, 1939.
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