A claim of £5,000 damages against Mavromatis. Greek subject who laid claim to the electricity concession for Jerusalem under grants before the war from the Turkish government, was filed in the District Court by a local Arab. The claimant states he acted as agent for Mavromatis in a pre-war sale of the electricity concession for Jerusalem to a British concern. The Arab also claims he was a partner in the concession.
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