The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-04-11
TO REMOVE
PREHDEGhST
Home Rule States
man Again in
PiIIkia.
NOT WANTED AS
ADMINISTRATORS
Little Business Transacted Yester-
day in the Courts-Judsss
Are Taking a Rest.

A petition was filed yesterday asking
the removal of Representative John X
Prendergast from another estate o.
which he is the administrator. Loui:
Pearson is the petitioner. and he doe:
not like the way the Home Ruler has
been managing the estate of his wife
Mary X. Pearson.
In the petition il is alleged that Mary
X. Pearson died April 80, 1898. leaving
no issue or heirs excepting her hus-
band. That on October 10. 1898. John
X. Prendergast was appointed by
| Judge Perry as administrator. The
estate consists of a lot on King street
yielding a semi-annual rental of $50,
payable in January and July of each
year, which rents the administrator
has collected, with the consent of petit
toner, in 1899. 1900 and 1901, and with
out such consent and over the protest
of petitioner in January, 1902"
| All the debts of the estate have been
paid excepting a note of s4O5, owing to
the Bishop Estate.
The petition alleges that said adj
ministrator, for two years last past,
has had in his hands over 500 belong
ing to said estate with which he could
have materially reduced said mortgage
debt, but he has refused and neglected
SO to do. Notwithstanding the order of
this court, TO the effect that said adj
ministrator pay all money in his hands
to the said estate of 3. z. Bishop on
account OF the said debt
the interest on said note. which was
due in January last past, but the same
was paid by petitioner. out of his pri-
vate funds, when it was nineteen days
overdue.
That it is for the best interests OF
said estate that the said John K. Prem
dergast be removed from his office as
administrator thereof, and that a suit
able person be appointed in his stead.
Wherefore petitioner prays:
Il. That said administrator be or
dered to account for all money of said
estate in his hands and to pay the
amount thereof into court.
"2. That said administrator be re-
moved from his said office and a suit
able person appointed in his stead.
"3. That petitioner may have such
other and further relief as to the court
shall seem meet in the premises"
Judge Robinson has set the matter
for hearing on Monday. April 21st.
COURT NOTES.
F. l. Hogs. administrator of the es-
tate OF Thomas Krouse. deceased. has
asked for an order to sell the furniture
and lease the Arlington Annex Hotel.
the value of which he places at $1,000.
He says that the income from the prop
erty is at present less than the ex-
penses.
John Ena asks leave to resign as
guardian of the estate OF Carl Julius
Hoting, minor. and requests that F.
A. Schaefer be appointed in his place.
The annual accounts are submitted,
receipts of s4624.94 and expen-
iitures of s4322.S7. leaving a balance of
1902 81.
Manuahi has asked to be appointed
of the estate of Pila Ma /,
nuahi
a, demurrer was filed yesterday In |
he case OF Albert X. Nawahi VS.. Ha-
zalau Plantation Co. alleging that the
,ourt has no jurisdiction, and that the
acts stated are not sufficient to consti-
ute n cause Of action