Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1902-05-13
SETTING Of HEARINGS
PROCEEDINGS BEFORE
HUMPHREYS AND GEAR
Ashford Is AppriSed Of Change in
Practice Hawaiian TrsmwayS
Company the Whole
Thing,

with Judge Gear in rendering his oral
opinion yesterday on the question of
plurality of Circuit Court sessions at
one time.
When Wundenberg VS.. Markham and
Cummings was called, Mr.. Dillon for
plaintiff asked for a continuance, as a
settlement was in prospect.
Judge Gear said the case came within
the new rules. which provided that a
matter coming before judge in cham
bers must be heard to the end by the
same Judge. Therefore. he would con-
tinue the hearing until Friday or until
the next week that he sat in chambers.
c. w. Ashford. appearing for Mark
ham. suggested that it was term mat
ter, but was informed by Judge Gear
that since he had formerly practiced
here a law had been passed allowing
a demurrer to be heard in chambers.
l.. d. McClanahan came forward to
ask that time be set for the case of Sun
Kwong Mau Co. VS.. Waikiki Land &
Loan Association and Honolulu Rapid
Transit 4 Land Co, saying 1t was u
matter of more than personal interest.
Indigo Robinson had assigned IL To
Judge Humphreys.
r u SIlliman stated that the obiec.
lions of the Hawaiian Tramways Co. TO
the answer of the Rapid Transit Co. on
the ground of sCandalOus contents, had
IN ha hoard before tho merits of the
case
/ Judge Humphrevs said he had no en-
gapcments for the week. but could
hardly set a time II counsel for plain.
tiff were not present. Someone said
+. NJ. Brooks represented the plaintiff
and Mr.. Brooks informed the court
that he did not know whether he did
or not. He was attorney for the plain.
tin when the complaint was entered
but in subsequent proceedings the other
counsel had dropped his name out.
Judge Humphreys observed that ht
was entitled to represent the plaintiff
all through.
Mr.. Brooks said he would see Messrs
Dunno and Breckons. who represented
the Hawaiian Tramways Co., and Judge
Humphreys appointed a hearing on
the matter of setting time the same
afternoon.
In the case Of Yuke. charged with
interfering with an officer, a sugges.
ton of death was noted, and the case
ordered stricken from the calendar
This Is the second defendant in a Grim
inal case to die since the last term Of
court,
Reinne Rodanet has brought sui
against Eugene V. Todd, Louisa f
Todd. Albert W. Todd. a minor, Alice
c. Todd (Rodanet). a minor, all chill
dren Of A. A. Todd, deceased. and Hen
ry Smith, to settle rather veXing Ques
ton of ownership of property left b!
A. A. Todd to the plaintiii in trust TO
, the care Of his children. From the pc
tton 1t appears that on October
1896, A "A. Todd made a trust deed con
veying to Reinne Rodanet one thou
sand acres of land in South Kona, Ha
wall. known as "Onouli," the deed pro
, yiding that she should pay the debt
OF l Qua anu care lOT MS cnliuTcu unit
they attained their majority, for whicI
she was to receive compensation, an
in case of the death of all the childre
before they reached the age OF II, tn
property was to revert 10 her. Tod
thereafter went to Apia, Samoa, wher
ne died.
The plaintff alleges that in order I
pay the debts of the said Todd 1t be
came necessary to borrow $500 fror
Henry Smith, for which she gave
mortgage, and which she is now un
able to pay without dispOsing of tn
property in question. The petitione
alleges that she has kept an accurat
account of the monies spent by he
for the care of the children, and tha
she has so far advanced the sum {
Sil66.Sl for this purpose. Because
the trust deed and the unsettled cond
ton of the property, petitioner repr'
sents that she is unable TO dispose I
the land and asks that the cou
straighten out the tangle in which 81
finds herself.
The court Is requested TO appoint