The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-12-07
He SAYS He
WON I PAY
Taller Ahana Sued By
Trust Members.
BILL WAS EXORB|T ANT
Gehring and Butzke Claim a Balance
and Lawyers Demand a
High Price.

Yesterday suit against w. w. Aha
ma, the Chinese tailor, was filed by the
plumbing firm of Gehring & Butzke, to-
gether with a lien on certain property
where they did a plumbing job for
Ahana and charged him $1,01S.95 for it.
There is still balance Of $641.45, so the
firm alleges, due on the bill. They al
lege that Ahana refuses to pay the
amount, and Ahana takes the stand
that he will not pay for work which
was not done, or for material which
was not furnished.
The attorneys for the plumbers ask
the court to give them judgment for
$641.4 and $3.50 as an attorneys fee, al
leging that the same is just and rea-
sonable compensation for their SER
vices. Magoon and Thompson are the
attorneys. Brushing up against a
I plumbing firm like that of Gehring &
Butzke has evidently been infectious
when the attorneys have the temerity
to ask Ahana to pay an attorneys fee
of $3.50 on a bill of S641.45. In other
words Ahana would be bled to the ex-
tent of about $S91.45.
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tiffs state their position as follows:
Henry Gehring and Chas. Butzke
doing business under the firm name OF
Gehring & Butzke, claim a lien and
privilege upon that certain building
and interest of the owner of said build
ing in the land upon which the same Is
situated for labor performed and ma
terial furnished them in the erection
Il
scribed as follows:
"a two-story frame building and
LIGHTHOUSE connected Herewith situated
on the corner of Kukui and River
streets.
Said labor was performed and ma
terial furnished by the said Gehring
Butzke for and to w. w. Ahana unde
a verbal contract with said Ahana, thu
owner of the building.
"a particular statement of the afore
said labor performed and material fur
nished by the said Gehring & Butzke
the amount and kind of labor perform
ed and of material furnished, and thu
prices at which and time when tn,
same was performed ard furnished Il
filled herewith and made a part of thi
claim.
THAT the prices that are set forth il
said account are just and REASONABLE,
and in accordance with the contrac
hereinbefore mentioned, and as per &C
count there remains due and unpait
for said labor performed and materia
furnished the sum of $641.45.
''That the said Gehring & Butzke i'll
this their claim with the clerk Of tn
Circuit Court of the First Judicial Cir
cult of the Territory of Hawaii, pursu
ant to the provisions of section 1742 o
the Civil Laws of 1897 of the Territor,
of Hawaii
Both Gehring and Butzke swear be
fore notary public without stint, res
ervation or blush at the exorbitan
prices charged that the account in tn
claim is just true and correct, and tina
the material therein specified has beer
furnished and the labor in said state
ment performed by them, and in liel
of Ahana's payment to them of tn
amount they allege is due they claim
the building on which they performe,
| work. The bill amounts in all t.
1,01S95.
The suit filed in the Circuit Court lat
yesterday afternoon against Ahan;
claiming the said $64145. incIudin,
$2.27 for verifying and fulfilling all th'
legal requirements in and for a lien
and for the further sum of $3.50 as at
torney's fees herein, shows the grab-al
propensities of the plumber.
Plaintiffs complaining allege: Tha
within two years last past to-wit, Of
or about the 4th day of August. 1906
at Honolulu, defendant was indebte
to said plaintiffs for SEAL As for labo
performed and material furnished de
fendant at his special request and in
stance; on the day and year aforesai
the defendant undertook and faithful
ly promised the said plaintiffs to pa
the said sum of money when he shout
: be thereto afterwards requested.
The plaintiffs allege the defendan
has not fulfilled his promises to pa
and has wholly refused to pay tn
claim. The plaintiffs allege that So
on suit for $641.45 is a reasonable at
torney's fee to be allowed to plaintiff
in this action