Webb

In the United States Court for China, Webb, plaintiff below, recovered judgment against the China Press, Incorporated, defendant corporation, for breach of a contract, whereby Webb was employed for 5 years from June 17, 1921, as publisher and editor of the China Press, a newspaper at Shanghai, China; Webb to have at all times full charge and supervision over the publication of the paper, subject to instructions to he given by the board of directors, who reserved the right to define the policy of the publication and to make such change from time to time as in the opinion of the hoard might be necessary and advisable in the interest of the corporation. Webb alleged that' he worked under his contract until March 4, 1924, when he was discharged. - Thereafter he brought this fiction. The corporation answered that Webb had broken the contract, in that he neglected his duties and failed to obey and carry out the reasonable orders of the directors, and that, by excessive use of .intoxicants, he had unfitted himself for the full and proper discharge of his duties under the contract.

The. cause was tried to the court, which, after hearing the testimony, filed a written opinion entitled…