The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-02-07
SUED FOR
FEES.
Vivas and Clients.
Settle Out of
| Court.
CASTLE ANSWERS
MONTANA SUIT
] Newa Kanaulu Granted a Dr.
vorce---Grand Jury in
Session.

/ d
! "A demanded fees of alleged clients
= for work said to have been per-
| formed by him was about the
ory important matter taken up in the
| CEuit Court yesterday. The Circuit
JUICE in the afternoon heard the case
off. M. Vivas, the Portuguese attor-
| ne. against n. j. LUZ, Vierra ct al.
foi$50 in each case for attorneys fees
| in Police Court action had in May,
1879 The attorney sued the clients
the had consulted him as to their
cas-. which We're for selling liquor
Wltout licenses, and had not paid
MN The case was a peculiar one
| andinvolved the First Circuit Judge
whe he was but a plain attorney at
law.
tt evidence was TO the effect that
in. Ay, 1899, the defendants We're ar
rests for selling liquor without IL
censF. The patrol wagon was about
to tie the men to the station. when
Attoley Vivas drove up to the store
of OF of his clients. Without being
askesto contribute his professional
servits he drove one or the parties
| downwn in his hack and bailed one
OF TIM out.
A sy or two later the men asked
Nlvasiis fee for taking up their cases
and / told them 500 for each case
They laid they would try to get
cheap. lawyer, and at once consulted
the abrney who is now First Circuit
Judge
Viyahad been paid $50 by one man,
and Pn his refusing TO take SIS for
the ca, Vivas is said to have taken
the SCOUT of his POCKET and returned
1t. III next day the men went into
court, Headed guilty and We're fined
Sl00 an costs. Later Vivas sued each
man ~ $50 for professional services
The fcuit Judge was put out when
his nan was mentioned in the mat
ter, am decided that, under the cir
cumstaleS, as there We're honest
men olboth sides, they should ata
tempt compromise" a recess was
taken 81 an agreement finally con-
sented by both sides.
CASTLl ANSWERS MRS. MON
TANO.
w. R.astle has filed his answer to
the commit of Mrs. A. A Montana.
making general denial of the allie |
cations, nd gives a purported state |
ment ofhe financial relations exist
ing bethn him and Mr.. and Mrs. |
Montana He makes the claim that |
ne kepthem going In business for |
several ars and that he risked his |
own ere in doing SO. He claims
that he ad a right to foreclose a |
mortgageon the property of the |
plalntlh, Consisting of valuable real |
estate IN anoa Valley, which ne now
owns.
The prerty was sold in 1899 for
$4,000, VIC. Achi being the person
in whostname the property was
bought. says that out of this he
paid the prtgage and gave security
Tor the lance, although no receipt I
Tor the aFlnt was ever given to Mrs
Montana. He made one of the re-
qulrementf the deal that the plain
TIN shou conduct all her business
through hoffice. He says that upon
TINS snow he credited them with
$4,000 an charged it with sundry
debts andharges, which left to the
creolt OF p. Montana a credit bal
ance of SCI
Castle sa that the Waialeale Dairy
OF Achl Waffered as security for the |
s600o, and at this was agreeable to
Mrs Mont; and the transaction, he
AYERS Wenfrough. He says he has
peen IN nody lax in accounting to
the plaintiff
GRIT NOTES. i
- oi"Noiie dHce III the case OF
George u. pule VS.. The Hawaiian
Gazette Cosas filed yesterday, the
plalntiH nav died in this city few
weeks since
The Ierr1t of Hawaii has filed a
discoItinuanin its suit against j. C.
Sohen, the toms house matter in
vowed nav been settled out of
court.
j. NeWa hpulu was granted a di-
Vorce from wife, Lucy Kanaulu,
on the groun,f adultery.
Inc follow cases have been set
1or nearing ": Emma N Nakuina
VS.. Fanny Such ct al, demurrer:
n. n: Parker Palea; H H. Parker
VS.. r. r. IL trespass; F. Pahia 4
vs.. Palea, Jt Bell VS.. Palea. and
William Her VS.. Palea, each for !
trespass.
In the case Emma M. Nakuina
vs.. ). n; schk, the demurrer was L
oVerruled andfendant allowed ten I
days within WI to answer. a
the demurrin the case of Asu :
broWn vs. rev Bannister was
filed.
The Grand !. was in. session all
day yesterday vestieat;nfy criyainai
cases which haoeen sent to tba IN,
by the Announcement DENNY AZ
torney Generalthcart was in at
tendance throult the dav. Crowds
VI Mi,hesses I defendants in ap-
pealea cases hged the upstairs
corridors. Thes a general lack of
accommodations witnesses in large
numbers at thediciary Building
The United s. Cont and nie,1v
office were quiei