Headline
The Brothers: Family Litigation Concluded – Judgment in Interesting Case
Publication Date
1920-06-25
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Publication Year
1920
Summary

An interesting Chinese case which has been pending since 1913, in which several lakhs of dollars are involved. A Chinese woman named Ho Cheng Shi claimed, as administrator of the estate of one Ho Wo Lam, from Ho Ngok Lau, for an account of the deceased's share in the Wah Kee firm in Hongkong, on behalf of Ho Sahu Yan, a lad 15 years old, who was adopted in infancy by Ho Wo Lam. It mentioned that the Wa Ki [sic] made their commencement as theatrical producers. They hired theatres in Hongkong, temporarily at first, but the business soon acquired a more permanent basis. The Ko Shing Theatre was taken on lease about 1881. In 1900, the Chung Hing Theatre was bought. In 1902, the Ko Shing Theatre was given up, and in 1912 the Chung Hing was pulled down: and houses were erected on the site by the Wa Ki. After 1912, the Wa Ki seems to have done no theatrical business.

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