Seth v. Lew Hing

Plaintiffs sued as joint liquidators of the Oriental Commercial Bank, Ltd., of Hongkong, China, upon a joint and several promissory note of defendants in the sum of $99,534.96. The cause was tried with a jury, which returned a verdict for plaintiffs upon the note with accrued interest in the sum of approximately $127,000. The trial court granted defendants’ motion for a new trial; and from that order the plaintiffs have appealed upon typewritten transcripts.

The facts are not in dispute. The answer admitted the execution and delivery of the note, but alleged that it was executed without…