ORDINANCE No. 15 OF 1844.
Supreme Court.
SCHEDULE (NO. 11.) Sec. 117.
Forms relating to the Summary Jurisdiction of the Court.
ENTRY OF PLAINT.
91
Forms relating to Summary Jurisdiction, Sec. 117.
Colony of Hongkong) A. B. of
to wit
in the Colony of Hongkong hereby requires entry to be made in the Supreme Court of the said Colony acting under its Summary Jurisdiction, of his plaint against C. D. of
in the said Colony, for a sum of
being for (here state generally the cause of action) in the particular hereunto annexed fully set forth. And the said A. B. hereby declares that the said particular contains a correct, full, and true statement of his demand against the said C. D. and that the said C. D. is justly and truly indebted to him the said A. B. in the said sum of
and thereupon the said A. B. prayeth that
the said C. D. may be summoned to attend on the
Supreme Court so acting as aforesaid to answer such his demand.
Dated this day of
at the said
Entry of plaint.
Witness Registrar
day of
Summons.
A. D. 184
A. B., Plaintiff.
To
Hongkong You are hereby summoned and required to attend the Supreme Court of Hongkong to be
to wit
holden at the Court House in Wellington Terrace at ten o'clock in the forenoon of
day of next, then and there to answer the demand of
entered against you in the said
Court for the sum of
being for (here state cause of action and complaint). And herein fail not, or judgment will be passed, and execution issued, against you for the said sum and costs. And you will take notice, that if you have any debt or demand to set off against the said plaintiff's claim you are hereby required to file or deliver the same at the Registrar's office at
on or before the
day of
or you will be precluded
from giving evidence thereof on the trial or hearing. And you will further take notice that a plaint containing the particulars of the plaintiff's demand against you has been filed in the Registrar's office at and that you are at liberty to obtain a copy of the same, if you shall think proper.
Witness The Honorable John Walter Hulme,
Our Chief Justice of our said Colony at Victoria. the
in the
day of
Year of our Reign.
Summons.
Endorsed on the back of Summons.
The within summons was served on the within named defendant by delivering a true copy thereof
on the
day of
184
(Officer who served the summons,)