The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1894-03-03
COURT NOTES
Twenty.third day Of DE Eebruary

Twenty third day Of the February
term.
The Cartwright divorce case has
been continued 70 next teEm by
mutual agreement Of counsel
Ia the damage suit Of +. Z.
Thomas vs.. Captain Anderson,
the defendant has been declared
IN default for non-appearapce,
and the plaintiff Will have an
* Parte hearing at soaae future
date, c. W. Ashford for plaintiff.
Judge Whiting has heard the
appeal IN the assampsit case Of J.
l. Dowsett vs.. 2. Jones and wife.
j, 4. Magoon for plaintiff; 4. ).
Hartwell for neutrality-suspicious..
Judge Whiting also heard mo
ton in Z. Z. Murray vs.. J. +. Col
burn, assumPsit, on appeal from
the District Court, that defendants
appeal be dismissed for failure to
file a proper costs bond. In this
case 1t appears that the bond was
made cut to the plaintiff instead of
TO the clerk h. Johnson for plain
tiff G. Creighton for defendant.
The time for executing the decree
of bankruptcy IN the Samuel Parker
matter has been further continued
until the 9Th instant.
The hearing Of accounts and APP
plication for approval Of same In
the estate of John III. Wood has
been postponed until Monday next.
In the guardianship matter of
Reypold Brodie McGrew, Judge
Cooper has sustained the demurrer
To the amendment of the petition
The amendment purported to be s.
statement of the facts which Is on
file IN the divorce suit between the
minors parents. A. 5. HartwelI
for the application c. w. Ashford
and F. NJ. Wakefield for the de-
murrer.
In Thomas E. Mossman VS.. the
Hawaiian Government, defendant
has fled a demurrer to the COM
plant, and 1t Is agreed to hear the
pIeadIngs IN vacation, and to rem
der Judgment thereon w. A..
Kinney for piaintif A. s. Hart
we'll for defendant.
A notice Of appeal has been fled
IN the bankruptcy matter of John
Richardson, on exceptions to the
ruling of Judge Cooper which dis
allows two claimants to partici-
pate IN dividend paid to other
creditors. V. V. Ashford for ap-
pellants.
In the matter of the estate Of
Ehu Ok. late Of Koo,auIoa, on this
island, Judge Cooper has filed q
decision ordering a distribution of
the assets IN two equal shares be-
tween Kea and Laepaa, sisters of
the decedent. This is the case IN
which the property ascends to the
father from an infant ancestor, a
SON. The income of the estate is
somewhere IN the neighborhood of
$500 per annum, and the property
was originally Luka's, a woman
who died leaving it to the infant
son who also died leaving surviv-
ing him, his father Ehu. Ehu
dying without issue and without
father and mother, his sisters
claimed the whole of the estate.
Lizzie, daughter Of half brother
of Ehu, claimed an equal share
of the deceased. The decision con-
cludes as follows: 'T am Of the
opinion that the son Of Ehu must
be held TO be his ancestor, as it
was from him that the estate was
Immediately inherited Such being
the case a claimant of the half
blood, not being of the blood Of the
ancestor, is excluded by The sta
tute from participating in the dis
tribution Of the estate" A. S.
HartweIl for the successful claim
anita, J. A. Magoon for LINES
claim.
All attorneys having cases upon
the calendar Of the term are re-
quested to be present in Court this
morning TO hear their cases called
preparatory to final adjournment
Of the Court.