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Enclosure 2 in Shanghai P/L despatch to Peking Number 187 of June 23rd,
1933.
British Consulate-General,
Shanghai.
June 23rd, 1933,
Gentlemen,
I beg to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of
June 21st on the subject of the action brought against Mre.
Ruby Teeng in the First Special District Court.
As you were informed in my letter of January 10th,
last, representations were made by this office to the
Court in question pointing out that Tseng Yu Cho was e
British subject and that jurisdiction over his estate had
been taken by His Majesty's Supreme Court but these
representations were without result.
Your client is in the unfortunate position of
having dual nationality. Under the Order-in-Council
His Majesty's Supreme Court was bound to take jurisdiction
over her husband's estate and under the Chinese Nationality
Law the Piret Special District Court is equally bound to
claim her as a Chinese citizen. The only way Mrs. Tseng
could have avoided the disability of being under two
jurisdictions, would have been to obtain a denationalisation
certificate under the Chinese Nationality Law, but I know
of ao cases in this district where such a certificate has
been issued, nor would an application for one now assist
Mrs, Tseng so far us any case pending in the District
Court is concerned.
Messrs. Teesdale, Newman and Company,
59, Peking Road,
Shanghai.
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