May

1918

146

17 May

ast previons Paper.

304

C

HONG KC.NG

REC

34019

Case of Carfmael

V.

34019

REG 11 JUL 181

Po Yuen

rothers

sands summary of actioni

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Carpmaci

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state wine, in which it was decided that Fout. wd. undertake liability for Official Receiver's contos us latter lod the case requests canction to expre. mooted,

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absequent Paper.

Er. Collins,

The Government acted from the laudable

motive of preventing a failure of justice which would impair

the credit of the administration of justice in Hong Kong.

"Then they intervened in this action the case had already been going on for 5 months and the Government no doubt thought it would not last very much longer, and in view of the strong "animadversions" made by the Court in the winding up proceedings, had some reason to expect that the plaintiff night win, and presumably saw a fair prospect of getting the costs or the greater part thereof out of the

defendants.

have

however, (it "he extraordinary length of the case, dragged on another 8 months) and its unexpected result combined to let the Government in very heavily.

Wt. 5128-15, 850, 11:17 D&S. G122 41.

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