The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-01-09
COURT IS
STILL BUSY
Highest Tribunal
Clearing the
Calendar.
WILL ADJOURN
TO EARLY MARCH
New Chinese Divorce Suit is
Fllsd-O!d Fight Over Will
Revived Again.

been hearing cases the calendar will
be cleared by the end of the week
Chief Justice Frear has announced tina
when court adjourns it will be to tn
first Monday in March.
| Yesterday the following cases wer
argued and submitted: Kapiolani VS.
Lizzie K. Pauahi, appeal from frs
circuit; Kapiolani Estate VS.. the Ia,
Assessor, appeal from tax court; estat
Of a. A. Doiron VS.. Tax Assessor; ]. D,
Silva VS.. F. J. Souza, and Frank Hal
stead VS.. Tax Assessor.
The appeal of NJ. Moorhead VS.. TIA,
| Assessor was dismissed yesterday. The
| matter has been settled out of court.
WAS LOOKING FOR OYSTERS.
Briefs were submitted yesterday tc
the Supreme Court in the divorce libel
of Richard T. Richard VS. Keahonui
Richards, an appeal from Judge Lat
ties decision denying a divorce. c. &.
Biting for the respondent filed a rath-
er remarkable brief in support of his
position.
NEW SUITS ARE FILED.
Lam Lau Shee has sued her husband,
Lam Zip, a wealthy Chinese, for di-
vorce. She alleges that he is guilty Of
extreme cruelty and in support of this
contention she had him arrested yes
terday on a charge of assault and bat
sessed of $4,000 and asks that she be
allowed an attorneys fee of $1,000 and a
division of the property. Tha parties
were married in China twenty years
ago.
Dezerdero Tells brings suit against
John Kalua of Maui FOR possession of
land at Waikiki which he claims Kal-
ua has taken possession of without
right or warrant in lazy He alleges
that the defendant has built a six-foot
stone wall upon the property, and Tell
is asks an order compelling it's remoy
al. also the ejectment of Kalua, and
damages in the amount of $1,000.
Kahaiepuna has sued L. L.
to- quiet title in
property located in Kellino, this
,ity. Plaintiff claims seven-eighths
interest in the property, and though he
admits that McCandless owns the 9TH
IT one-eighth, he alleges that the de-
endant has possession of the whole.
CIRCUIT COURT NOTES.
Geo. r. Carter as trustee has fled a |
notion for an order to allow him to |
mortgage certain lands held under the |
rust deed Of James AUD, for $500 i'll |
rder to make improvements on other
property.
Geo. w. Ashley as commissioner has
eported the sale of certain property |
n the case Of Jocher VS.. Patzig for |
2OOO.
SO Yong. native of Kwong Tung, |
nina, and citizen of the United
states, has filed application for Ii
ense to practice law in the district
ourts.
a discontinuance has been entered in
he case of r. Isaacs & Brother VS.. Pa
life Import Co.
An answer has been filed in the case
f Kaolulo Kahula VS.. Julia Lee ct al;
ill for partition.
An order was made yesterday sub
tituting T. McCants Stewart for C. w,
shford in the suit of Junius Kaae.
mo seeks to have set aside the viii
f Kealiliiahonui, which it is alleged
as forged. The viii has been before
he courts for years. 1t being alleged
nat the document probated had been
orged. The estate involves property {
} the extent of over half a million dol
IRIS, and the case has been before the
upreme Court three different times