The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-11-28
oPTNIoN OF THE COURT b. GALBRAIrH. ]

bellant fled below for divorce the
ground adultery belee and asked for divorce
for money also that the order equt
able division of the property, standing in the of the libel
lee,' between them.
right ibellant divorce contested and
she deceed absolute divorce the ground alleged the
libel The further deceed chat she shall have equal
and be the of onehaf of all the real
property improvements owned by the said
bellee the Territory of Hawaii which he may be in
ereeted and the said Oneha interest the said real property
of the bee, the said Sylvano de Nobea hereby vested in
the belan and further that the belee forthwith execute
good and sufficient deed conveying onehaf interest in said
property the ibeant and description of the prop
srty by and bounds The beee is also ordered pay
$500 beant for her attorneys
fee and pay her $15 per week temporary amony until
of deed for the property, the further order
sf the court
The belee excepted the decision of the being
contrary to law and the evidence and the weg of the evil
dence that part of the decree directing the payment
of temporary amony and that ordering division OF the
property Other exceptions taken the hearing but
were abandoned at the oral argument.
The Circuit Court in its decision, Others found the
following facts:
hat the defendant has lived in open and adultery
alleged in the complaint and that he is living open
adultery with Mary Kaahaoe further
appears from the evidence that the defendant has children by
the said Mary Kaahaoe In fact the evidence in this dis
closed the horrible inhuman and disgusting conduct
the part of the defendant for appears from the evidence that
plaintiff lived with the defendant for twenty-five years.
that during said she deported herself wife should
her husband; that she work and worked for wages
giving money she received from such husband
and which he invested property being property held
by him; that years ago. the plaintiff that time having
become aged having bloom youth
and took into his family his younger and spright
er maiden The defendant in this appears be healthy
and robust and is much younger looking than his wife He
undoubtedly thought that he could her aside without
ing her in the future In he agreed give
her six dollars week for her support when she left him
years by of his cruel and nhuman
further appears from the evidence that the defendant
making such payments of six dollars week while neglect
ed and refused keep them up and thereafter plaintiff
herein discovered that defendant had taken home
living in open and notorious adultery with the said Mary
Kaalaoc and appears from the he
ms place called the homestead living with her she
his wife, while the wife who shaved for him during their
rage and while she living with him, destitute No
stronger could be proven Of the facts alleged the
plant than proven and the conduct the defendant
shows such abandoned and such disregard
morality and the laws of the country well the laws Of God
that his plea tlat ne should only be required give her
enough to live and divide the property with her
appeal To the conscience Of the court"
Also, after finding that the property owned by the defend
ant Of the value of thirty thousand dollars said The
court is asked however make equitable division of the
property and feels that under the circumstances Of the case