Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1901-05-09
O[AA land DECISION
FIRST CIRCUIT COURT
JUDGEMENT SUSTAINED
q. A. Bigelow Sitting in Place Of
Perry Disqualified Concurs
With Chief Justice
Frear.

A decision was rendered yesterday
by the Supreme Court In the equity
case Of c. J. Fishel VS.. George A. Tur-
ner. The action was for specific per-
Torrance Of an agreement to convey
certain lands at Olaa. The majority
opinion affirms the decision Of the low
er court ordering the specific perform
ance.
Chief Justice Frear renders the opin-
ion, II. A. Bigelow, sitting In place OF
Perry. disqualified, concurringr Jus
tice Galbraith files dissenting opin-
ion. a...Y.
The land deal is described in the
opinion as follows:
"The plaintiff proved that in the
early part of November, 1897, at Hilo,
Hawaii, the plaintiff agreed to pur-
chase of the defendant and the de-
PENDANT to sell to the plaintiff for $1,000
plus SO per acre, Lots 355, 1856 and 351
in the Olaa Coffee Reservation, the
conveyance to be made upon the de
PENDANTS obtaining a deed or patent
Of the land from the government. The
defendant had not then applied for
the land. but as he had at that time
only 60 acres. or more accurately 59.06
acres, he was entitled under the law
to apply for 14O additional, or more
accurately 1904, the area of the lots
in question. The parties seem to have
spoken of the tracts in round numbers
| I'D rae &c
lively The defendant afterwards APP
piled for the land and in due time
obtained patent therefor. The
time on account of the purchase price
as requested by the defendant until
he had paid $113S.64 and finally, when
the defendant had obtained the pat
ent, rendered him the balance and
asked for the deed. This the defend
ant refused to give because the plain
tiff would not assume or guarantee
a certain debt owing by the defend
ants wife to certain creditors in Sar
Francisco, n matter wholly discon
nected from the land transaction"
What the dispute was in equity Il
shown in the following words: 9TH,
! agreement as above set forth was prov
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! Iendaht introduced no evidence, ~
rened ehtire,y on tne assumed maui
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I ance WIN .ne statute oi Irauus' oh
uer our statute the cohsIueIation nee
not De SET IoIIn IN tns Wri,ins. liner,
oelns no evluenSe 'na. shu oo. .na.,
cohtaineu any o.ne, ..lms 'nau .nVo'
sc. io,th ABOVE anu .ne .ohs'ue'"'.o n
|, no. Dens requ.ieu We
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ther tne terms aoose n,en an.n UtnS =,
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= case as follows:
THE Circuit Judge OF one circui
may enforce SPECIFIC performance
/, a contract to convey land situated II
Q announcer circuit.
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presumed that there were other term
q not found in the writing.
. "a contract to convey NAV be en-