The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-05-28
CANNOT GET
HER ESTATE
Mrs. Bruno Claims
That DOWsett
Has 1t.
HUSBAND WANTS
MARTIAL RIGHTS
Queer Complications Growing Out
OF Marriage OF Anna Adsl.
heide widemsnn.

John ~. Dowsett II made defendant
in a novel and interesting suit filed
yesterday in the Circuit Court by Ern-
est l. Hueter. as trustee for Anna
AdeIheide widemann Brune and Alfred
T. Bruno. her husband. The bill Of
complaint is t. cancel a deed TO Ger
tam property. valued at nearly So. 600.
which the plaintiffs claim - wrong
fully In the possession Of ]. NJ Dow
sctt and which he refuses TO surrender.
The bill rccites that ON and before
the 23rd day OF May. isOi. Anna Adel-
heids widemann was the owner In her
own right OF the following property. to-
wit: Forty shares Of stock Of the Ho-
nokaa Sugar a.. two shares OF the
capital stock OF the oahu Sugar Co.
thirty shares OF stock Of the Hawaiian
Il Sugar Co. twelve thousand dollars in
cash. all that parcel % land ON the
/ westerly side OF Punahou street be-
tween Ecrrtauia street and wilder ave-
nue.. devised 20 the said Anna Wide
mann By the Will Of Mary X. Wide
mann. deceased. one-ninth part OF all
the land and hercditamcnts OF which
Herman n. Widcmann died. seized or
possessed. except only the land at Wal
anae. Oahu. conveyed TO the waianae
Company. and the land In Honolulu
conveyed to the Union Feed Co. and
that said Anna widemann then owned
no other property"
The petition further alleges that for
seine time prior 60 the 21rd day Of
May. 1901. the defendant. John NJ. Dow
sctt. had been acting as the business
agent and attorney in fact OF Anna
Wtdemann. and as such had posses
sion OF plaintiffs property. That prior
to said 21rd day OF May. 1901. said Anna
Adeiheidc wideruann and Alfred r.
Bruno had mutually agreed 20 marry
each other. and said Alfred r. Bruno
then knew that said Anna widemann
vas the owner Of considerable proper
-. Pursuant 10 said sontract said
plaintiff and Alfred r. Bruno lawfully
iutermarried each other at Oakland.
Cal. on the 18th day of October. 1891. !
on the sSrd day % May. 1891. John NJ.
powsctt requested plaintiff To- execute
a trust deed Co him % all her property. |
which she did The deed - attached e.
the petition and shows a conveyance
OF the property enumerated above To
defendant. the plaintiff TO receive the
income and the trust To- cease At her
death. the property rcVertinE To- her
heirs Plaintiff alleges that John NJ.
DOWsett never signed or executed said
u recorded. nor did NJ accept the trust.
u - then alleged that defendant knew
OF the contract OF marriage existing,
with Alfred r. Bruno. but that Bruno
knew nothing of the signing OF such n
trust deed until after the marriage.
The plaintiff then says THAT said
Anna Adeiheide widemann signed said
trust deed without the knowledge. con-
sent or wish Of said Alfred r Bruno
and that she signed the same mad
yisedIy and not knowing what u was
and in Ignorance - its effect and 81
the nature. extent and scope 90 the pro-
visions and trusts therein contained
THAT said trust deed was procured
and was executed for the wrongful and
purpose 81 preventing the
said Alfred r. Bruno from acquiring
t,y marriage with the said Anna Adel-
heide widemann. any interest IN the
lands and property hereinoefore de-
scrfbed. and that said trust deed ~
to the extent that u was
executed without consideration and IN
that 10 fraudulentiy and wrongtully IN
tended that IL should and that u
:, rongfuIly and fraudulently did pre-
vent th, acquiring % any interest IN
aid lands and premises and property
by said Alfred +. Bruno. and that said
execution OF said trust deed was
fraud upon the marital rights OF said
Alfred r. Bruno"
II L. then set out In conclusion thdt
IN March *. 1902. said Anna Bruno
conveyed 20 Ernest Hueter In trust all
he property herelnbefore described eN
-.ptine 5000 Further. that although
ferrand has been made upon the sdid
defendant. John Vt. Dowsctt. he refused
n deliver up for cancellation the deed
given o. him or 90 return the property
.orveyed 20 him
TIE court - asked 20 cancel the trust
Iced Given 20 J. NJ DOwsett and order
him o. reconvey all the property 81
,'airtfT O. her The complaint - signed
~ ]. o. Carter. a attorney IN fact ;Dr
Fxrest =. Hsuter. and the action -
,r1urhr by Robertson and wilder
FISHING RIGHT SUIT.
R-u~. Cartwright. as trustee ;or the
state % Emma Kaieie"~Hl'n'. de-
-4s.,I. has brought en- @. -fin-t
r@ Territory 90 establish rr' -r r'-HtS
n Haiasa. district - Ev- Island -
Iahu