The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1898-04-18
SUMNER ESTATE
Historical Property is Once More
in Litigation.
BOB WILCOX AS A FACTOR
Therese Wilcox Also Figures-Rob-
ert Has a Power of Attorney.
Court in the Evening.
BOB WILCOX AS A FACTOR

The extensive and valuable Sumner
estate is again in Court. This holding
| includes Quarantine Island and much
reef and tide water, and even some
roadstead land or water, or land and
water between the west side of the har-
| Dor channel and Kalihi. The holding
was decided to the father of John K.
and w Sumner by Kamehameha Ill
w. Sumner sold his half to J. l. Dow
sett, who holds it to this day. Mr..
Dowsett manages his interest very
Iuuietly and Summers name is much
oftener heard as owner. The father
and brother of John K. Sumner are
dead. John K. Sumner is the son of an
| Englishman and a Hawaiian woman.
Many years ago he went to Tahiti and
there married chiefess or princess Of
that country His wife lives here with
him now. Maria S. Davis is the sister
of J. K. Sumner, and there are a num-
Der of other relatives.
About three years ago the Sumner
half of the property passed into the
control of a stranger named Crandal,
whose power of attorney includes the
provision that he was to have one
third of the earnings of the estate for
nav as manager Under this condition
| CrandaM increased the income consid-
erably. Part of this time Sumner was
| in Tahiti, where his wife has consider
able property CrandalFs hold upon the
estate was assailed in such manner
that J. A. King, Minister of Interior
was made receiver for Sumner This
receivership arrangement was broken
I'D a few months ago by a Court decis-
ion after very sharp legal contest.
Now appears upon the scene in the
! life and adventures of the Summer es-
tate, the redoubtable r. w. Wilcox
| known to fame in many fields in Ha-
waii nei A short time ago, Robert OBJ
tanned from Sumner power of attor-
ney. In the transaction and in affairs
since. Therese, wife of Robert, has been
prominent and active. One affidavit
now on recrOd, is to the effect that
! Therese has changed her religion to
| the same as Summers and has had ner
children renamed and baptised in her
new belief, and has given names that
would be most likely to find favor in
the eyes of Sumner.
! About the time Of the issuance of the
power of attorney to Wilcox, the inter
! nd
about the harbor is mOrtgaged to Y.
| Ahin, the wealthy rice planter. But this
seems to be a quite ordinary business
matter. Rice is on the advance now.
Sumner has wished to get into the busl-
ness. The mortgage was made for the
purpose of effecting the purchase OF
a large rice plantation near town.
Nearly all of the property of Sumner
has been transferred through Wilcox
to Mrs. Sumner, and here Maria S.
Davis, the sister of Sumner, interferes,
believing that the estate is slipping
away from the family.
The case came into Court on Satur-
! day evening before Judge A. Perry, of
the Circuit bench. The suit in entitled
John K. Sumner, non compOs mentis,
by his next friend, Maria S. Davis, VS..
Robert Wilcox, Therese Wilcox, Y.
Ahin and Ninite Sumner (his wife).
The action is called " bill to set aside
conveyances, ETC. and the purpose OF
course is to have declared null the Viii
cox power of attorney, whereupon
would fall the mortgage to Ahin and
the transfer to Ninito Sumner a tenn
porary restraining order was granted
w. R. Castle, attorney for defendants
cOnsenting to the same. The actua
case viii come on to be heard early
next week, an answer being required il
ten days. Kinney & Ballou and J. A
Magoon are attorneys for the plaintiff
On Saturday evening in Court, A. S
Humphreys declared that then and there
he made an end of all attorney ant