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Judgment of the Lords of the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council on the Appeal of the Oriental Bank Corporation v. Justus Lembke, from the Supreme Court of Hong Kong; delivered Tuesday, July 22nd, 1879.
Present:
SIR BARNES PEACOCK. SIR MONTAGUE E. SMITH, SIR HENRY S. KEATING.
THIS is an appeal from a decree of the Supreme Court of Hong Kong in its appellate jurisdiction, dated the 21st April 1871, in a suit
in which the present Respondent was the Plain- tiff, and the present Appellants were the De- fendants, by which it was ordered and decreed. that a certain appeal which had been brought by the Appellants against a decree or order of the said Court in its original jurisdiction, dated the 12th January previous, should stand dis- missed. By the said order of the Court in its original jurisdiction the Appellants were ordered and decreed within seven days after service of the said decree to pay to the Respondent the sum of 7751. 18s. 7d., with interest thereon, calculated at the rate of ten per cent. from the 30th of June 1876 up to the date of payment, and also the costs of the suit.
The Appellants were a banking company carrying on business at Hong Kong, and also in London, and elsewhere; and the Respondent was a merchant and commission agent, also carrying on business at Hong Kong under the style and firm of Justus Lembke and Co.. The Respondent had for some time previously
N 41. 100-8/79. WL. 5034. E. & 8.
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