Linkups Invest & Trade Co. v. China Market U.S.A., Ltd.

By Judge Everett A. Martin, Jr.

Linkups Invest & Trade Co., Ltd., as assignee of Qingyuan Jianbei Enterprises Group Corporation (“Jianbei”), has filed a motion for judgment against China Market U.S.A., Ltd., arising out of a contract between the defendant and Jianbei. The defendant has demurred claiming, first, that the plaintiff is not a proper party because the assignment was invalid and, second, that the contract requires settlement of disputes by arbitration. The demurrer will be sustained because, under the current state of the pleadings, the assignment was invalid and the plaintiff lacks…