Enclosure 1 in 3hanghai despatch to Peking Number 51 of February 22nd. 1933
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Letter from Mes 28. Teesdale Newman and Company
* to J..0. Davidson, Esquire, Shanghai, January 7th. 1933.
sir,
Tsen; vụ Cho (deca
we have to inform you that we are acting for Mrs.
Taeng Wu Cho, a British subject, the widow of Tseng #u
Cho deceased Probate of whose Estate has recently been
granted by H.B.P. upreme Court at Shanghai.
rs. Taeng is herself a British subject having been
born in hongkong of British parents and she is now ob-
taining the necessary papers from Hongkong in order to
apply for a British passport. Her father, who is still
alive and is resident in Foschow, is also a British sub-
ject.
The Estate is quite a large one and certain relatives
viz. the sister. of her late husband, who are Chinese
citizens although born in Hongkong, have brought an
action in the First special District Court claiming a
share in the Estate. The second hearing will take
place on Wednesday, the 11th. instant, and although the
Probate has been produced and shown to the Court, we are
instructed that the Court desires to receive an official
letter from H.B.M. Consulate to the effect that Mr. Tseng
zo Cho's Estate has been taken jurisdiction over by the
British Court and that he was a British subject.
We should be much obliged, therefore, if you would
on behalf of our client cause such letter to be addressed
through the proper channels to the President of the First
pecial District Court containing a statement to this
effect, at the same time we should be very much obliged
if you would kindly send us a copy of the letter in quez-
tion in order that Mrs. Tseng's Counsel may have the same
before him at the trial of the action.
we are, Sir,
Your obedient servants,
(ad) Teesdale, Newman and Co.
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