The Hawaiian gazette., 1894-07-24
COURT NOTES.


Judge Whiting hss admitted the
authenticated copy OF the viii 70
probate and ordered letters Of ad-
ministration with the viii annexed
10 issue 10 F. ". Swauzy under
5000 bond. F.M. Hatch for the
application.
The account Of ". o. Smith as
guardian Of the Hamsuku minors
to- lS9S-e4 has been approved.
The guardian appeared in person.
In the matter Of the estate Of the
late NJ. E. Sharratt, the Court has
approved the administrators &C
count. and ordered his discharge
and the cancellation OF his bond.
\ small balance Of money Is or
dered paid to ". A. Bailey,
creditor OF the estate. W. Q. Smith,
the administrator. IN person.
The annual account Of Bruce
Cartwright. administrator with the
Will annexed Of the estate Of r. W.
Holt, for 1S93-94, has been referred
70 s master for veriication snd re-
port. Each Of the three benefeisr-
les has received over $500 as his
or her share Of the income during
the year.
The appeal papers and exhibits
IN the great Wailuku water case
have been filed in the clerks office
bv 4. G. NJ. Robertson, who was
appointed IS special commissioner
70 hear the case, the regular COM
missioner Of the district being dis
qualified. There are three sets Of
appea! in this case. s. follows:
One appeal Is by Claus Spreckels
IS konohiki Of the ahupuss Of
Wailuku. s second appeal Is BY
The Waikiki Sugar Company,
lessee Of the ahupuas, and the
third sppeal Is by 8 large number
Of native kulsana holders in said
ahupuaa. The appeal costs
amounted 10 S35-.I5 each appel
Iant paving 3 third Of the amount.
The case Is entitled Nahi LOnoaea
and others vs.. the Wsiluku Sugar
Company. c. ". Ashford for the
native kuleana holders, F. NJ.
Hatch for the konohiki, and ". 4.
Kinney for the plantation.
Messrs. Paul Neumann and Wm.
Foster. proctors for the Hawaiian
Sugar Company, have brought g
libel in admiralty against the
Inter-Island Steam Navigation
Company claiming the amount OF
5000 for damages resulting to the
plaintiff company for loss OF s
cargo Of sugar which went down
with the schooner Mary E. Foster
at the time Of the collision with
the steamer Mikahala. 1t appears
that the amount rendered by the
defendant company was consid-
cred inadequate, hence the bring
ing OF suit claiming full amount
o. the damages.
In the divorce libel OF Henri g.
McGrew 8 Eo1 amps -sElfis by his
guardian c. L. Carter vs. Aphonsine
MeGrew the Supreme Court has
rendered It's decision allowing the
guardian 10 proceed with the case 10
final Judgment The opinion Of the
Court was by Justice Fresr. Judge
Brupson who sat in place OF Chief
Justice Judd. dissents from the mai
ority OF the Court. This decision IS
the first Of It's kind in this country.
Most elaborate briefs we're fled by
counsel in this case. Carter 4 Car
Ter for petitioner. {. W. Ashford for
defendant, who Is absent from the
Republic.
Judge Cooper viii preside in
Chambers this week
The Clerk Of the Judiciary Depart
ment and the two deputies having
received commissions under the
Republic have qualified themselves
as such and taken the osth OF fidelity
20 Office which were administered by
Chief Justice Judd
Chief Justice Judd viii soon take
his annual vacation and take e horse
back ride with his family to coun-
ry seat on the other side Of the isl
and
Justice Bickerton and wife took
passage by the Australia last for San
Francisco Hs VIII be absent about
I've weeks
Justice Frear and wife took pas
sage on the steamer ". q. Hall lss;
Friday 10 see the volcano; % Be
gone about three weeks
Il was in August, 1881. when the
Clerk OF the Judiciary Department
last had vscztion, part Of which he
spent in climbing up 10 see the ez-
tinet crater Of Mount Hslesksls- He
viii probably make 8 climb up
Mount Tsutslus some tine this
year
4 horse kicked H S. Shsfer, Of
the Freeuyer House. Middleburg. y.
Y, on the knee. which laid him up
in bed and caused the knee joint 70