The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-10-10
ALL COURTS
IN SESSION
Little Was Doing
In Either of
Them.
COURT
HEARD ARGUMENTS
Three Cases Disposed of Yesterday.
Amended Answers Filed in
Pearl Harbor Suits.

The Supreme Court held its first bust
ness session yesterday with Judge Gill
bert F. Little of Hilo sitting as the
second associate justice. Two cases
which had not been given place on the
calendar were argued during the day,
being taken up by agreement. Three
cases were presented altogether, and
the Supreme Court managed to get
through quite lot of business. for an
off-day.
In the morning the case of Esther N.
Pilipo ct al. VS.. Nettie L. Scott ct al.
was presented, by Johnson for plaintiff
and Andrews for defendant. The APP
peal is from the judgment of the First
Circuit Court. which was for defend
ants, giving them possession of cat
tie ranch in Kona, Hawaii, claimed by
plaintiffs
The Alma estate matter was taken
up by agreement Immediately upon the
close of arguments in the first case.
F. r. Thompson represented Magoon
while w. W. Thayer appeared for GER
tain of the heirs. Magoon was the adj
ministrator and Thayer brought pro-
ceedings to compel him to make an ac-
counting in the Circuit Court. Judge
Humphreys, after the accounts were
filed, disallowed commissions of $24G
claimed by Magoon, and he took an
appeal, when Humphreys was reversed
and Magoon given the commissions
claimed excepting $50. Next Thayer
asked for an attorneys fee and Hum
phreys allowed him $40, requiring that
Magoon pay it. Again Magoon appeal
ed to the Supreme Court, and it is this
last question of a $40 attorneys fee
which was argued yesterday. The
estate originally amounted to over So. 900
but only s. remains. the remainder
having been expended.
In the afternoon the appeal from
Judge Gears decision in the Nobregga
divorce case was presented, Davis for
plaintiff, and De Bolt for defendant.
This case was decided within the past
two months, but was taken up out of
its order by the Supreme Court by
agreement, as both parties to the suit
Nobregga is a Portuguese and while
he made no particular defense to his
wtfe's application for divorce, it rath-
er staggered him when the court allow
ed her half his estate, and alimony OF
fifteen dollars a week until the property
could be divided. The divorce hearing
developed that Nobregga had deserted
his wife for a younger woman, and was
living with her. Judge Gear severely
scored the defendant and called the at
tentfon of the police to the conditions
existing in the case. The wife was al
lowed half the estate, which amounts
to over $4,000
CIRCUIT COURT.
The Circuit Court was totally devoid
of anything of interest yesterday, the
Harrison Magoon case occupying the
entire day. L. c. Ables finished his
testimony yesterday morning and J. A
Magoon one of the defendants. was on
the stand for the remainder of the day
There appears to be no end to the case
in sight as yet.
IN FEDERAL COURT.
Amended answers made necessary by
Judge Estee's ruling of Monday were
filed yesterday by three of the defend
ants in the Pearl Harbor condemna-
ton suits.
The answer of the Oahu Sugar Co is
the same as the first one filed. except
ing that the demand for a jury is omit
ted. The amended answer of the Ho-
nolulu Plantation Co. is also similar to
the first.
The Oahu Railway & Land Co denies
that the ground sought by the petition
er is required for the naval station
or that its use for that purpose is more
necessary to the public, than that to
which it has already been appro-
priated.
--SSS-
Of for Honolulu.