Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1902-05-07
Petition for Writ Of Error from the Su'
preme Court Of the United States.

To the Honorable Walter Francis
Frear. Chief Justice of the Su.
preme Court OF the Territory OF
Hawaii
Your petitioner. The Hawaiian
Tramways Company. Limited one Of
the parties to the above entitled cause,
respectfully represents and shows:
|. That on the 25th day of April,
:. d. 1901, judgment in the above en-.
titled cause was entered by the Su.
preme Court of the Territory OF Ha.
vail in favor of the above named cor.
poration. The Honolulu Rapid Transit
4 Land Company. and against your pc.
titioner the above named corporation,
The Hawaiian Tramways Company,
Limited. adjudging that your petition.
err. The Hawaiian Tramways Company,
Limited. has not the right to lay a
double track along King street from
the Waikiki road to point near the
Government pumping station at Kali.
Ri. in the District of Honolulu, Island
Of Oahu, Territory of Hawaii, that Your
petitioner. The Hawaiian Tramways
Company. Limited, has not the right to
operate its tramway by electricity and
that The Honolulu Rapid Transit &
Land Company. one of the parties to
the above entitled cause, has right to
lvy a track on and over said King
street and along the same for a great
CT distance than 1900 feet.
.. That said Judgment rendered by
said Supreme Court of the Territory
of Hawaii on the said 25th day OF
April, A. d. 1901. was rendered by the
to ,t.hfph lnniuinr
could be had in said cause in said Ter
ritory of Hawaii.
g. That said Judgment of said Su
preme Court of the Territory OF Ha
wall was a final judgment in said
cause.
T. That there was drawn in ques
ton upon the hearing of said cause In
said Supreme Court of the Territory
of Hawaii, the construction oil certain
statutes and laws OF the Kingdom ant
Republic of Hawaii, re.enacted for the
Territory of Hawaii by the Congress
OF the United States, namely. Act 81
Of the Session Laws of 1884; Act IS o.
the Session Laws Of 1886; Acts % anC
sc OF the Session Laws of 1883, all o.
which said Acts were re-enaCted by
the Congress of the United States. II
and by the Act Of April 3Oth, 1900, 3,
Statutes at Large, 1853. entitled Ar
Act to provide a government for the
Territory of Hawaii" that said stat
utes and laws were construed by the
said Supreme Court of the Territory
OF Hawaii in rendering its said judg
Inent in said cause, and the said judg
mcnt Of said Supreme Court OF said
Territory given upon its construction
Of said statutes and laws, was against
certain rights. privileges and immupi
ties specially set up and claimed b!
your petitioner under and by virtue o
said statutes and laws.
5 That there was drawn in ques
ton upon the hearing Of said cause il
said Supreme Court OF said TerTitOr!
tho construction of certain other act
q: the Kingdom and Republic Of Ha
wall that were claimed by this peti
toner to have been re-enacted by thu
Congress of the United States, in ant
by said Act of April 30th, 1900, name
". Act "A of the Session Laws of 1890
and Act "a of the Session Laws o
1886 that said acts were also con
strued by sand Supreme Court of thu
Territory of Hawaii in rendering III
Judgment in the above entitled cause
and the decision of said Supreme
Court of the said Territory OF Hawai-
was against the rights, privileges anC
immunities specially set up and claim
ed by your petitioner under said acts
G. That there was drawn in question
upon the hearing of said cause in sale
Supreme Court of said Territory the
validity of an authority exercised I'm
der the United States of America
namely an authority exercised by thu
Minister of the Interior of the Ropub
lie of Hawaii, being an executive Off
Ger appointed by the President of thu
United States under and by virtue o
the joint resolution OF July 7th, 1898
80 Statutes at Large, $50, entitled "A
Joint resolution to provide for annex
ing the Hawaiian Islands to the Unit
cd States" on the 25th day of July, A
D. 1899, consenting to and authorizing