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DRAFT FOR ATTORNEY REVIEW — NOT FINAL

Kelleher v. Fong, 108 Me. 181 (1911)

Citation
Kelleher v. Fong, 108 Me. 181 (1911)
Parent Document
Kelleher v. Fong, 108 Me. 181 (1911)
Jurisdiction
Maine (state)
Effective Date
1911-04-03

Full Text

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III. Nor is there any practical uncertainty in relation to the lessees or parties to this agreement. It is true the lessees named in *185the body of the instrument are "Eng Fong and his brother,” and that the signatures appended to it, under the name of the plaintiff, are "Charlie Fong and Charley Sam.” It is unnecessary to attempt any solution of the mysteries involved in the peculiar association of English Christian names and Chinese patronymics by which many Chinamen are familiarly known in America. "Charley Sam” who appears to have signed as the brother of Charlie Fong, is not a party to this proceeding, and his rights are not in question here. And the party mentioned in the lease as "Eng Fong” is satisfactorily shown by the testimony, considered in relation to the circumstances, to have been the same party who signed his name to the lease as "Charlie Fong” and the identical person who was then occupying the plaintiff’s store in question, and who had for seven years been recognized by the plaintiff as her tenant in that building. It does not appear that "Charley Sam” or any other person known as the defendant’s brother, was then occupying, or has ever in fact occupied the plaintiff’s store in conjunction with the defendant.