The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1901-04-05
DULL DAY
IN COURT
cFrom Wednesdays doilyJ

ON account OF the lndlspOsltlon OF tne
Judge of the First Circuit Court no
session was held yesterday morning
In the afternoon a few matters OF rou-
tine were attended to but the day in
court was very dull.
The Supreme Court convened but no
matters came up for hearing. a calen-
dar has been arranged for today and
for Thursday.
The case of the Territory vs. NJ. Abb
reu will be heard by the Supreme Court
at 10 o'clock this morning and that OF
Wilson VS.. Liliuokalani will come up at
80 y. m. on Thursday morning the
case of Comes VS.. the Portuguese Mu-
tual Benevolent Society viii be heard,
to be followed Immediately by the
hearing of the motion filed in the Miner
divorce case. In the afternoon Of the
same day the case of Cotlield vs. the
Territory of Hawaii will be heard.
COURT NOTES.
Return of summons was made yester-
day in the ejcctment case of Chung Man
Sing vs.. Mokanoe Cheung Amana, show
ing service upon the defendant of the
Courts citation to appear before the
First Circuit Court at the May term
Frances H.. Hebron trustee OF the es-
tate of 4. II. Hebron, deceased, yester-
day filed her eleventh annual account, IN
which she charges herself with $40 IS? 40
and asks to be allowed s2S.7lS.43, leaving
q balance due the estate of 81, 1881
c. Kahele was yesterday, by order OF
the Judge of the First Circuit Court, APP
pointed guardian OF the persons and
property of Wahinehookaika and Kaai-
ahua, the minor children OF Kaihenui
and Kealoha. under bond of 800
A stipulation OF agreement between the
defendant and plaintiff In the case OF
tie Honolulu Rapid Transit and Land
Company VS.. the Hawaiian Tramways
Company Limited WAS yesterday filed
for the consideration of the Supreme
Court, submitting additional facts, as
follows:
THAT no act which could be constru-
ed as an act of acceptance of the Act OF
1890 was done by the Hawaiian Tram
ways Company, Limited until after the
expiration of the time limit set out In
the Act of 1896.
That in the month Of June, 1899, the
Hawaiian Tramways Company, Limited
notified the Minister of the Interior OF
it's intention to lay n double track on all
the roads covered by its franchise, and
inclosed In the notification to the Minis
ter of the Interior, statement OF the
proposed alignment of the double track
on the streets, and requested the Minis
u
ny II he had any suggestion to make
as to the grade or alignment. About the
25th OF July, 1899 the Minister of the
Interior replied to the Hawaiian Tram
ways Company. Limited, stating that he
had no objection to the laying OF the
proposed tracks and no suggestions To
offer as to the grade or alignment, and
the Hawaiian Tramways Company, Linn
tied thereupOn proceeded with the work
preparatory to laying the double track >
WONG KWAI MATTER.
Robertson and Wilder attorneys fol
the defendant appellant in the CASE
OF Wong Kwai VS.. Liliuokalani
yesterday filed in the Supreme
Court "A lengthy brief reviewing the evi
dence in the case, and alleging failure
TO prove the several allegations of tbs
plaintiff which constitute the basis fol
the relief sought, upon such statement
Of failure to prove, concluding that th'
bill should have been dismissed.
BRIEFS IN GARNISHEE CASE
brief in the case of N S. Sachs Dry
Goods Company, Limited, VS.. J. c. Spen
Ger and James f. Morgan, garnishee
was yesterday filed In the Supreme
Court by Andrews, Peters and Andrade
attorneys for appellant. This case
which was appealed from the Distric
Court of Honolulu on allegations of err
ror in law, was suit against j.
spencer FOR the sum or Soo.oo, with gar
nishee proceedings against defendan
James f. Morgan.
brief was also filed In the case b!
James +. Morgan, through Peterson
Matthewman, his attorneys, reviewing
the evidence and arguing the case a
considerable length.
DEPOSITION TAKEN.
The deposition of John II. Bullock, sec
rotary of the Kimball Steamship Compa
ny, was yesterday completed before A
G. Kaulukou, commissioner appointed b
the Judge of the First Judicial Circul
TO take the dispositions of John II. Bul
lock and Colonel George Macfarlane 4
the case of the Klmball Steamshi
Company VS.. Honolulu Meat Marke
Company, Limited. Mr.. Bullock Is I
leave for San Francisco via the Ven
tura. The deposition of Mr.. Macfarlan
viii be taken this morning
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