The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-03-19
IN UPPER
COURTS.
The Miner Divorce
Appeal is in a
Middle.
PROBATE CASES
IN MAJORITY
A Circuit Court Decree Issued
IeoaIiZino the Adontion
A Circuit Court Decree Issued
LegaIizing the Adoption
Of Child.

Of Child.
! The appealed case of Rose A. Miner
, VS.. DIR. F. l.. Miner came before the
Supreme Court yesterday. This case as
. it now stands is rather middle. When
the Judgment had been given in the
First Circuit Court granting the plain
tiff divorce and alimony the defendant
appealed to the Supreme Court upon ex-
ception to the alimony and other ex-
ceptionS Subsequently the plaintiff
filed a discontinuance of the case in
! the lower court, which made null and
void the divorce already granted. De-
PENDANT then filed a diScontinuance of
. his appeal, which was allowed, but
with his discontinuance the divorce,
with its provision of alimony in the
lower court, was again valid, and his
objections withdrawn, leaving. the d.
vorce as granted stir a bar between
1.-THE defendant and the plaintiff, who de-
! sire to be united and to have the divorce
proceedings entirely wiped out. After
some discussion a suggestion by which
the tangle might be Strengthened out
was made, and Magoon & Thompson
and Cecil Brown, defendants attor-
Ineys, will endeavor to have the plain
tiff's discontinuance which was filed in
the lower court, made part of the rec
ords in the Supreme Court, whereupon
the case can be dismissed from the
! higher court.
, The matter with its peculiar phase of
, difficulty occupied nearly the entire aft
,ernoon in the Supreme Court yesterday.
The case of Volcano Stables and
irry... I,i
let al, also came up in the Supreme
Court, but no action WAS taken in the
matter.
A petition was yesterday filed in the
} First Circuit Court by L. K. Keliino-
hola and Keliiaipuupuu, father and
mother of the infant child AIika, pray
ing for an order of court legalizing the
adoption of said child by Alika Karat
ii and Mary Karatti, who Herewith
filed articles of adoption. The child is
shown to be six months of age and it is
ialleged that the infant has been in the
care and custody of the adopting par
Ients since it's birth. with the consent
of its natural parents. The articles of
adoption are in usual form and state
that it is for the best interests of the
child, in the matter of education. care
and financial prospects, that the said
adoption be legalized.
A decree was issued by the court
stating that upon the affidayits ac
companying the petition and articles of
adoption it appears that the adopting
parents We're Of good character and
able to care for, educate and further the
interests of the infant, it was ordered
that the said articles of adoption be le-
galized The costs were ordered remit
ted and the acknowledgment fees were,
by the court, presented to the infant.
PROBATE.
Hearing was had yesterday morning on
administrators objections to the reports
of the master in re the estate Of John
Phillips Ruling was reserved by the
Court.
Chang San Tai has been duly appointed
administrator of the estate of Chang Tai,
deceased.
VI. G.. Silva was yesterday morning ap-
pointed administrator of the estate of
NJ. Gomas Garrido, deceased, J. A. NJ.
Osorio, formerly administrator, having
rendered his resignation and been dis
missed. Bonds were given for the amount
of $780,
Henry Maui was appointed adnlnistra-
tor of the estate of p. K. Kuahu, with
will annexed under $3.50 bond on Satur-
day.
In the estate of A. A. Todd, decea sed
terday, and the executors accounts al
lowed, the commissions of the executor
being disallowed.
The Judge of the First Circuit Court
yesterday issued an order confirming
sale of real estate in the matter of the
estate of J. Pinao, deceased. The sale
was made under order of court by Sam
uel Kailimai, administrator the said
real estate comprising about fifty-eight
acres of land situate at Kanfahiku, Puma,
Island of Hawaii, and being sold to A.
J. Campbell, the highest bidder, for
81, GOO
GUARDIANSHIP MATTERS.
The masters report in re the estate of
KeaIohaokalani was yesterday approved
I, and confirmed, and the former guardian,
Pal, was by the Court ordered to pay to
his successor, Frank Archer, the sum of
1903.
In the guardianship matter of Margaret
A Robertson, the accounts of John Cas-
sidy guardian, were yesterday approved
by the Court, and it was directed that
the guardian invest $1,000 at the best rate
of interest obtainable, taking a good and
sufficient security therefor, and that the
; balance of $537.u be retained and held by
the said guardian as an emergency fund
/ for the insane ward.
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
In the United States District Court
| decision was yesterday given by Judge
Estee in the case of D. Horriyea, other
wise known as the Toxic immigration
Company, VS.. Maunalei Sugar Company,
sustaining the demurrer on the ground
that he had no jurisdiction in the mat
ter.
Argument in the case of Kamaka Ke-
hauoka VS.. schooner Robert Levers was
heard yesterday in the United States Dis.
/: trict Court, the same taking up nearly
! the entire day.
!: COURT NOTES.
! In the case of S. Ahmi VS.. Jane:
= Ashford ct al. the petition for order t
- show cause was yesterday dismissed b!
the Judge of First Circuit Court.
In the ejectment action OF Hawaiiat
Trust and Investment Company, Limited
VS., Annie Barton, Helen A. Dunning e
{. al. an answer of general denial was yes
&c terday filed by Defendants j. j. Sullivan
"a and J. Buckley by their attorneys