Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1902-01-27
WORK Of H|[O COURT

HilO, Jan. 2i.--The January term OF
the Fourth Circuit adjourned last
Tuesday morning sine die, the most OF
the term having been accomplished
with promptness and dispatch. The
last few days of the term were devut.
ed to the trial Of civil cases.
The case in assumpsit brought by
the Central Meat Market against d.
Lycurgus to recover the payment Of
about $500 claimed to be due the for.
mer, has been continued until the next
term on account of the absence of a
material witness Tor the defense. On
Monday last the garnishees named in
the summons were examined by the
Court as to the amounts owing by
them to the defendant. the total
amounting to about $500 The order
OF the Court was that the amounts
owing be deposited with the clerk of
the court pending the determination OF
the suit. Ridgway q Ridgway for
plaintiff: w. S. Wise for defendant.
In the suit to quiet title brought by
the Hakalau Plantation Co. against
w. Y. Kahueana, administrator and
others. the defendants were ruled by
Judge Little to be out of court, on the
ground that they had mistaken their
proper form of answer in pleading the
general issue TO the plaintiffs declara.
ton. 1t therefore rested with tho
plaintiT simply to give prima faCie evi.
denCe of their title. This. when the
plaintiff rested, the Court instructed
the jury had been done, and the latter
were accordingly directed to bring in
q verdict for plaintiff for the property
claimed by 1t, namely. one undivided
half OF twenty-five acres lying next to
the Kaiwiki gulch, a portion of RoyaI
Patent Grant sol. Defendant noted
exception to the ruling of the Court
ON the pleadings. W. s. Wise for
plaintin; Smith & Parsons for defend.
ants.
j. A. Paakiki and John Lunakila
VS.. the Honokaa Sugar Company. ac.
ton to quiet title. resulted in a verdict
Tor plaintiffs. Smith G. Parsons for
plaintiffs; Charles Williams for de
PENDANT.
Hilo Mercantile Co., Ltd, VS.. Her
man Eldarts, action on contract fol
damages, was continued by stipulation
10 next term. +. W. Hankey for
plaintiff; Smith & Parsons for defend
ant.
a. u. Loebenstein VS.. the Kohala
Hilo Railroad Company. assumpsit
10 recover for services rendered as civ.
II engineer, was continued upon the
ahdaVits of defendant that James Car.
gyll and Colonel Jones, material wit
nesses in the case, were absent. W.
5. Wise for plaintiff; Ridgway &
Ridgway for defendant.
Hyman BrOthprs vs II L. C,,,Is
d Co, was continued for similar rea
son.
Tong On, a Chinese merchant on
Front street, brought suit for damages
against w. NJ. Kealanui a police Off.
Ger Tor false Imprisonment, claiming
that he had been arrested and search.
ca without warrant, and that valu
able papers had been taken from his
person ana not returned. The defend.
ant maintained that the arrest was
made under circumstances that justI.
ned reasonable suspicion that the
pialntln was engaging in operations
connected with che ia. The jury r0-
turned a verdict for defendant. w. S.
Wise for plaintiff; Smith & Parsons
for defendant.
Kealoha and Toika VS.. Charles VIII
haHls' eJeCtment, Drought Tor the re.
covery of eleven acres OF land situated
near Honokaa, was non.suited on mo,
ton OF defendant, plaintiffs having
failed to support their claim Of title.
Ridgway & Ridgway for plaintiffs;
Smith & Parsons for defendant.
C. A. Brown VS.. j T. Baker and
others, ejectment, was continued until
next term, by stipulation. Smith 4
Parsons and Magoon for plaintiff; C
M. LeBlond for defendants.
In the three following cases contin
uances were necessary on account OF
the disqualification OF Judge Little:
Isaac Erickson VS.. Volcano Stables, as.
sumpsit; Henry J. Lyman VS.. Hiln
Tribune Publishing Co., libel; Ookala
Sugar Co. VS.. Francisco Nobiga, dam
ages.