The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-05-24
JUDGE EDINGs' COURT.


the application to her face of a lotion
which the Hollister Drug Company
sold to her as harmless prepa ration
for the Improvement of the complexion.
The plaintiff sued for $1,000, but the
jury evidently deemed that $500 was
sufficient recompense for the injury
suffered. The case was begun on We'd
nes,iay morning. and was given to the
jury yesterday afternoon. Andrews,
Peters & Andrade were attorneys for
the defendant, and Robertson & Wilder
for the plaintiff. The following is the
list of jurors in the case:
Ernest a. Ross. James l. Ahoio. Vim
cent Fernandez, John Markham, W.m
H. Cunningham, William H. McInerny,
Walter NJ. Pomroy. Henry Lose, VIM
B. Rice, Manuel A. Gonsalves, Samuel
L. Kekumano.
In the afternoon the trespass case of
Robert Levy VS.. T. 3. Chaplain was
taken up, and argument had and YER
dict for the plaintiff in the sum of $500
rendered by the jury. This suit for
damages was brought against the de-
PENDANT for the wounding and killing
of horse of the alleged value of $500.
belonging to plaintiff. George A. Davis
was attorney for defendant and Hum
phreys & Andrade for the plaintiff.
The jury was as follows: Sol D.
Koki, VIM. B. Rice, John Markham
VIM B. Jones, Edward c. Holstein,
George A Howard, Jr., Henry Lose, H.
G. Crabbe, Ward S Bartlett, Samuel
L. Kekumano, Ernest A. Ross. VIM. A.
COURT NOTES
The First Judge of the First Circuit
Court yesterday filed his written de-
cree in the case of Manuel Comes VS..
Jose Cordeiro, in accordance with his
oral decision sustaining DEFENDANTS de-
murrer and dismissing plaintiffs bill,
on the ground that the said bill did not
state facts sufficient to entitle the COM
plant to the relief in his sand bill pray
ed for or to any relief in court of
equity, and dissolving the temporary
injunction issued, with costs to be paid
by plaintiff.
The case of Hattie S. Lewis VS.. James
]. Byrne~and Paul ]. Voeller has been
continued for the term by stipulation.
A discontinuance has been filed by
the plaintiff in the case of William ].
Coelho VS.. Robert Grieve Publishing
Company. through his attorneys. An
drews, Peters & Andrade.
An order of remittitur was yesterday
issued remanding the case of Christley
VS.. ]. Alfred Magoon to the Second
Judge of the First Circuit Court with
direction to modify the decree in accord
ance with the views of the Supreme
Court, EXPRESSED in his opinion dated
May 81, 1901. and for such other pro-
ceedings as may be proper
GUARDIANSHIP.
Benjamin L. Marx has petitioned the
court for the appointment of himself
as guardian Of Alexander Martin More,
a minor, showies that Robert More, the
duly appointed guardian and the faith
er of said minor IS now dead. and that
said minor is possessed of property and
estate requiringfthe care and manage
ment of some fit and proper person. The
referred to is a certain piece
of land at Kalaokahua, on the corner OF
Beretanfa and Piikoi streets, Honolulu.
DOwSETT ESTATE.
c. P. Grimwood, commissioner ap-
pointed to make sales specified in the
matter of Genevieve Dowsett VS.. Eliza
beth j. Knight, ct al, yesterday filed
return and account of sales of real es-
tate by himself under a further order
Of court given on April 10, 1901; the fol-
lowing are the parcels of land sold by
him through his auctioneer, J. P. Nor
gan:
A certain tract of land situate at
Kuwili, on the Twill road, to Willard
D. Brown for SO, 800.
That certain tract of land situate at
belonging to the parties
plaintiff. and the parties defendant. un-
der the will of Annie G. Dowsett to S.
NJ Damon for $500; that land situate at
and being four taro patches,
to s. NJ. Damon for 81, $50.
Those certain pieces of land situate
in Hi of Kaumaunapopo. Waialua. Mol
okai, to Paul Neumann, for $40.
The account shows total from these
sales of $3.50 and itemized expendi
lures of s311.45, leaving net receipt of
SIS, 1885.
NALIMU NAOIwI WILL CONTEST.
In the matter of the will of Nalimu
Naoiwi, Kinney, BalIou & McClanahan.
attorneys for contestants, have filed
brief for the information of the court
on point under proponents motion
for a new trial. such point being
whether or not there is merit in the
that the verdict Of the jury
is merely advisory and not conclusive
upon the court -
Numerous citations are given to show
that the verdict in such case is on an
equal footing, as in cases in ejectment,
etc. Section 1916 of the Civil Code is