The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1894-05-01
COURT NOTES.

Barrett, has been appointed adj
ministratrix under bond of 500.
w. A. Kinney for the widow.
In the matter of the estate of L.
n. Kauai, the application of A. w.
Carter, the administrator, to sell
the real estate to pay debts of the
estate has been granted Carter &
Carter for the administrator
In the matter of the estate of
the late w. NJ. Gibson, the sureties
on the bond given by the late j. S.
Walker as trustee under the will of
said Gibson, have been released,
and the Hon. Cecil Brown has
been appointed the new trustee
under a $4,000 bond. The ac-
count furnished by the representa-
tives of the late trustee was ap-
proved.
Judge Cooper has admitted the
will of the late Anna J. Blackburn
to probate and ordered the issu-
ance of letters testamentary to III.
III. Parker under $500 bond. This
estate has legacies which will be
subject to an Inheritance tax. The
Hon. L. A. Thurston, Hawaiian
Minister at Washington, was a
subscribing witness in this matter.
w. A. Kinney for the petitioner.
Preparatory to his departure for
the Coast, the deposition of P. Neu-
mann has been taken and filed in
the separation case of Mary Krouse
VS.. Thos. E. Krouse. w. Foster
for petitioner, respondent in person.
An order has been filed in the
clerks Office directing the remand
ment of the assumpsit case OF Il.
| r. Macfarlane VS. Ira A. Lowell to
the Circuit Court for new trial.
Henri 6. McGrew by his guard
ian mas fled a bill in equity pray
ing that loan of nearly $500
made some years ago to Fannie c..
G.. Campton, defendant, to enable
her to buy piece of land in Leleo,
Honolulu, be declared as mort
gage and that the mortgage be FORE
closed. The bill alleges the de-
PENDANT was at the time unable to
execute a mortgage for the loan on
account of her husbands insanity.
Carter & Carter for plaintiff, G..
Brown, for defendant.
The annual account of III. A.
| Widemann as guardian of the Jules
L. Richardson minors, has been
filed and the same has been re-
ferred to Geo. Lucas, master, for
verifcation and report. Receipts
$16,533.57 payments, $15,191.76
balance in hand to next account
$1341.S1. Guardian in person.
On the request of plaintiff in
V. V. Ashford VS.. c. w. Ashford,
suit in equity for dissolution of
partnership and for an accounting,
the deposition Of one James Ash
ford will be taken this morning
before one of the clerks to be filed
as evidence in said cause. A. S.
Hartwell for plaintiff, F. M. Hatch
for defendant.
Samuel Ehrlich, bankrupt, has
been allowed certain articles be-
longing to the estate, their value
falling below $780, which is the
exemption allowed by law. F. NJ.
Hatch for the bankrupt.
The Supreme Court by Justice
Bickerton has rendered a decision
holding that as one Takeshita Mat
sui, japanese laborer, was illegal
ly sentenced by J. K. Kapuniai,
District Magistrate of Koloa,
Kauai, said petitioner must be dis
charged from the custody of the
Marshal. 1t appears that this man
was sentenced as for a second
offence, whereas the record did not
show that he had ever been SEN
fenced for a first offence, therefore
the sentence being excessive it was
illegal. A. S. Hartwell for the
petitioner, G. K. Wilder, Deputy
Attorney-General, for the Mar
! shall
An appeal case has come down
from North Hilo, entitled the Lau-
pahoehoe Sugar Company VS.. Ka-
naele ct al, two laborers charged
with refusing bound service. 1t
appears that the case was decided
by the District Magistrate against
the plantation on the ground that
the contract STIMULATING the mode
of punishment for a laborer who
refuses to go to work, the Court has
no jurisdiction. For every day
missed, it was agreed in the con-
tract that the laborer put in two
days. A writ of error was issued
in this case last week, hence the
sending down of the appeal papers.
A. S. Hartwell is attorney for the