Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1901-09-13
Mr.. ClE(HORN'S CASE
HE FARES HARDLY BY
LAWS LONG DELAYS
Administrations Have Troubles Of
Their Own--Piece Of Deprecated
Property on Mr.. Cleghorn's
Hands.

a 5. Cleghorn. administrator of the
estate of Antoine Filipe alias Anthony
Phillips, yesterday avoided committal
Tor contempt by paying into court the
sum Of s19i6. in glittering twenty dol
lar gold pieces. Thereby hangs a tale.
the moral of which is that administra-
tors have troubles of their own.
Phillips-one name ought to do for
him now-died far back In the nine
tenth century. Mr.. Cleghorn was adj
ministrator of his estate. The widow
Phillips appointed w. X. Castle as her
agent, to whom Mr.. Cleghorn paid over
the residue of the estate after admin
istration expenses had been paid. Mr..
Castle took a deed from the admins
traitor Of a piece of land on Maui and
the remainder In cash
Through the laws delays or judi
cial hitch Of some kind. Mr.. Cleghorn
| failed to obtain his discharge in the
probate court. So that speaking in q
legal sense the estate was never set
tied. Time passed and ,-e widow
Phillips watered the flowers on ner
lead husbands grave for the last time
and going to the altar second time
became Mrs. kne Momona. Other Mo.
monas arose and when the mother died
another Ane Momona with several 9TH
or heirs Of her estate appeared upon
the scene.
The second growth heirs of Phillips
few years ago made the discovery
that the estate of their ancestor owed
them something. as well as the fact
that the administration affairs had
never been properly settled. They
brought suit against Mr.. Cleghorn
which after protracted contest In the
courts yielded them Judgment for
the sum of S342O. or this amount
S2436 represented accrued interest.
Mr.. Cleghorn, with a vivid recol.
lection OF having handed over the
estate to the agent OF the widow Phil
lips, turned round and sued Mr.. Cas-
tie. He had dead open and shut
case and few months ago recovered
ajudgment against Mr.. Castle for $3.50
principal and 1916 interest, making
s24S6 in total, together with an order
to deed the Maui land back to Mr..
Cleghorn OF pay him the $1,000 at which
II was valued when handed over by tho
administrator. -,
Mr.. Castel paid the $2436 into court
and executed deed for the land. This
left the given value Of the land as due
from Mr.. Cleghorn to the estate. When
judgment had been given against him.
he made efforts to realize on the land
but could not find purchaser. He
was still trying to sell the land when
the order to show cause why he should
rot be committed for contempt In me-
slecting to satisfy the judgment was
served on him. The odd $40 is inter
est on the $500 since judgment.
When the land passed from Cleg-
horn to Castle 1t contained respect
able dwelling house and as land rated
about on par with other undeveloped
lands on Maui. Now, however. the
house Is but melancholy ruin and
promoters Of plantations exploring the
island avoid the Phillips manor lest
the sight OF II give them . pain. In.
deed. one Of Mr. Cleghorn's attorneys
said to a Bulletin reporter that his
client could not even find the land.
Hard lines altogether for the admins
traitor.