The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1901-09-21
THE JUDGMENTS ARE VOID.
LUM NAM SUK'S CREDITORS
SHARE ALIKE.
Suit for d. b. Smiths Insurance Be
fore Judge Gear-Nolle Prose- in the
Case of E. S. Gill.

United States Judge Estee yesterday
rendered a decision IN the banKrupLcy
case of Lum Nam Suk, declaring in
wand judgments aBlnst the DAnNrupt,
winch were Obtained just before he
flied his petition in bankruptcy. Grin
baum ana company OBTAINED sucn a
decision and they began proceedings
in Estee'S court 10 secure execution on
the judgment as preferred creditors.
Estee ruled that Grnpaum and com
pany must stanu with the other credl-
tors. The executions were declared
null and void and all the creditors will
have to share alIKe. 1t was held that
any proceedings taken within four
months before bankruptcy proceedings,
by which a creator sought to secure
advantage, were null ana void.
In Judge Gears court the trial of the
suit of Cecil Brown, administrator of
the estate of the late d. b. Smith,
against the Equitable Assurance COM
pany of New York, and Bruce Cart
wright, the Honolulu agent, was pc
gun. There are two claimants to in
surance of $4,000 on the life of the de-
ceased, one of them being his daughter
Mrs. Name Burke of hoholulu, and the
other a sister, Mrs. UnVIa Brown, of
North Carolina. The latter filed a claim
i'm New York, based partly on the
ground of an alleged debt to her of
5000 by the deceased.
AS two claims were made for the mo-
ney, the company refused to pay it at
all, except on an order of court, and
the administrator brought suit to set
tie the question. The following jurors
are hearing the case: Harry u. Aus
tin, Lawrence H. Dee James ODDS, Jr.,
A. n. Almy, E. Buffandeau, George F.
Kluegel, E. j. Crawford, F. c. Bertel-
man, George X. Fox, ed. Dekun, j.
r. Edwards and w. G. Ashley.
A nolle prOsequi was entered yester-
day afternoon by Deputy Attorney
General George A. Davis, in the case
of General Edwin S. Gill; charged with
assault with intent to kill Mortimer 1.
Stevens. Davis announced that the
prosecuting witness had gone. The
court remarked that the witness had
been gone a long time, and that the
case should have been disposed of be-
fore.
An inventory of the estate of the
late Paul Neumann was filed yester-
day, showing personal property to the
value of $15,25O, divided as follows:
Thirty shares Oahu Sugar Company
stock, $3.50; insurance policy, $4,000;
promissOry note, $lo0: cash, $l,350.
Hannah Ii has filed a protest against
the appointment of Ching Hong Wa
Ali, as administrator of the estate of
Ali, on the ground that he is not the
lawful heir. She claims to be the
daughter of deceased.
f. j. Tesla was appointed trustee for
Kapahuku yesterday, for the purpose
of Withdrawing $251, belonging to the
estate of Luhia deceased. The money
was paid over and Tesla was dis
charged as trustee.
John Cummings has filed a petition
to be paid $500 from the estate of Will
liam II. Cummings, deceased.
Motion to dismiss appeal was filed
yesterday by plaintiff in the case of
L. B. Kerr & Co. VS.. Mrs. r. w. Will
cox.
The report of p d. Kellett Jr mas
ter in the matter of the estate If Ben
jamin E. Steigman. was filed yester-
day. This is the case wherein ]. A.
Magoon was administrator. and in
which the mother of the decedent made
charges against him of not properly
Misunderstanding the estate. The report
of the master completely eXonerates
Magoon. The balance of the estate
amounts to $3.50 and of this amount,
sos is allowed for administrators fees.
The following probate matters were
set down for hearing Monday morn
ing: Jacinthe Rawlins, order to show
cause, in re estate j. j. n. Ilae; guard
ianship of Albert H. Lucas, ct al,
minors petition for appointment of
guardian; estate of John de Costa, mo-
ton for more allowance to widow;
guardianship H. A. p. Carter, ct al,
annual accounts: estate Antoine p. Fee
lipe, order to show cause; guardianship
j. Blaisdell, minor, annual accounting;
guardianship Richardson minors, an
nual accounting; guardianship H. P.
Williams ct al; in the matter of the
bond of Niwohi; guardianship Kauloa
Halalii, spendthrift; guardianship of
Joseph and Manuel Christ, petition;
guardianship of Gay minors, annual
accounts: estate Kealoha luke; guard
ianship of Florence Bell Tewksbury.
petition estate H. M. Silliman, annual
accounts; guardianship Beke Kaonohi;
estate Antoine Felipe, motion; guard
ianship Mary Pestana, petition for APP
pointment of guardian; guardianship
of Jacinthe Pestana, an insane person.