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Statement of the Number of cases tried before The Honorable The Chief Justice, and Actions commenced in the Supreme and Vice Admiralty Court's of Hongkong during the year ending 31st December 1857.
| Court | Cases | Amount of Debts and Damages claimed | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Supreme Court | |||||
| Common Law | 10 | 913.73 | |||
| Chancery | 1 | 5,858.33 | |||
| Summary | 720 | 141,674 | |||
| Insolvency | 26 | 3 | |||
| Total | nil 2,093-19 nil | ||||
| Affinis | 42 | 77,025 | |||
| Vice Admiralty Court | Plaintiff | Judgment Defendant | Nonsuit | Causes | Total Debt, and Damages |
| 54 | 3 | ||||
| Petitioners discharged | 3 |
| Supreme Court | Amount of Debt and Damages claimed | Settled without Trial | Judgment | Remaining |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Common Law | 668 | 196,800 | 42,498.33 | 410 |
| Plaintiff | 2 | 1 | ||
| Defendant | 24 | 3 | ||
| Nonsuit | ||||
| Chancery | 119 | 24,460.51 | 34 | 718 |
| Summary | в во | 21 | ||
| Insolvency | 4 | 3,246.02 | 3 | Petitioners discharge |
| Ecclesiastical | 1 | |||
| Appeals | Nil | nil | Nil | nil |
| Vice Admiralty Court | 9M | 87,730.00 | 3 | nil |
| 3 | nil | nil | 4 |
248,839.62, 7%. 117 actions were commenced, 7 of which are still in dependence, and Three were settled without Trial. Three cases were in dependence on the Common Law side. One of the 7 cases still in dependence was commenced by a writ of Capias ad respondendum issued on 12 January 1857, the other case then in dependence was in dependence on the right of there Cases was in dependence on the January 1857 of the remainder then in dependence are still in dependence and settled without Trial. Of the cases in dependence on 1st January 1858, the remainder then in dependence settled without Trial, also one of these cases was commenced by a writ...
In one of these cases no amount is stated, the action being for unliquidated damages. Two of these cases being suits for specific performance no amount is stated. In Fourteen of these cases the value of the Estate was ascertained to be $21,000. In one of the actions the Damages are not declared.
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(Signed) N. R. Masson,
acting Registrar
Гие
N.P. Bridges,
Acting Colonial Secretary
PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE
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