Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1903-07-27


dered TO him, said J. X. Sumner, and
for all services to be rendered in all
matters then pending before the
courts of this Territory, in which TO.
srondent was the attorney of record
for said John X. Sumner; that there
was then pending on appeal to this
court a suit against j. X. Sumner in
which Y. Ahin was plaintiff, in which
suit respondent was attorney of rec.
ord. In addition TO said Y. Ahin suit,
{ petition to have said J. X. Sumner
put under guardianship as being non
compos mentis, had been filed by vii.
liam s. Ellis and was then pending be.
fore the Honorable J. T. De Bolt,
First Judge of said Circuit Court.
That in addition to the work per.
formed by respondent and his asso.
GATES in his office as aforesaid for
said J.KSumner they have done many
olher things for him, among which Is
the drawing of a power of attorney,
the drawing of a deed of reconveyance
fIom Danson KelletC, Jr., the trustee
of said J. X. Sumner the drawing OF
the said trust deed to the said h. w.
Davis: the settlement of the differ.
ences between said r. McCants Stew.
art and said J. X. Sumner, and tina
fixing of the remuneration to be paid
the said +. MCCants Stewart, at tho
sum of $500, and great many other
matters which respondent cannot now
specifically recall
That at the time respondent was
employed in the said Ropert-Sumnef
suit no attorney outside of respond.
cnt's office had been employed therein,
and respondent was told that his firm
alone would represent him, the said
John X. Sumner. in the said litigation.
Thereafter, on or about the ........
Gay of December. 1902. said Sumner
having become dissatisfied with tho
delays in bringing the suit on for
hearing. without any notice to respon
dent, called George A. Davis into tho
said suit but this action in calling in
additional counsel was not prompted
by anything that respondent said and
did not in any way lessen the work
which would have been performed.
and which was actually performed by
Il spondent and the members of his
urm. in the said suit. That respond.
cnt believes that most of the time be.
tween the 10Th day Of October. 1902,
md the end Of January 1903, Of re
srondcnt and the two Other attorneys
III his office. was dew, d to the said
suit and other matte 50 said John
4 II.
tral determination Of % aid suit,
a considerable portion OF .. time OF
u spordcnt and one other attorney in
his office was so devoted That all OF
tic typewritius and stenographic
ork on behalf of said John X. Sum.
ner. in all his matters, was performed
l.. the office OF respondent without
any extra charge. A great many con.
situations were mad with the wit.
ne ses. After hearings ON several diff.
terent days on preliminary motions,
the trial of the case began on the 18th
day of December, 1902, and continued
II ON day to day and from time to
time, being almost continuously on
't..ai anal abOut Tie 18th day Of Ja2u.
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said suit in favor of said J. X. Sum.
ner: that respondent prepared all the
pleadings in the said suit on behalf OF
said J. X. Sumner with the exception
Of one or two minor matters. That
trero were drawn in respondents of.
flee in the said suit, as he believes.
more than twenty pleadlngs, consist
tN.sV saf ..AVN tA,
and stipulations, several OF which
} were long and intricate. involving the
examination of a large number of au.
thOritie; that there was received by
respondent more than six pleadings
from opposing counsel, some OF which
were very long and intricate and TO.
CURED a great deal of study and in.
NGstigatiOn; that the Ellscs appealed
. I: ON the said decree to this Supreme
, Court and the first hearing on appeal
vas on a motion filed by responder.
10 advance the cause on the calendar,
which motion was strenuOusly OppOs.
"a by A. s. Humphreys; the cause was
. duly argued on two different days.
time consumed in argument being lin
.
filed by respondent after the argu.
ment, one consisting of twenty-five
typewriter pages on the argument,
) and the other brief of'five typewrit-
ten pages in reply to the brief OF A.
=. Humphreys, which consisted of
twenty'three pages, which last brief 1t
was necessary for respondent TO close.
J.! study and criticise. that another
hearing was had in this Supreme
Court in said matter, called for by
Your Honors, which hearing was lin
tied to about four hours, and respond.
ent filed brief on this last argument
consisting of nine pages. That the
number of times of actual attendance
IN court in said Ropert-Sumner suit is
more than twenty-five. The extraor.
binary methods adopted by opposing
counsel, A. S. Humphreys and +. Il.
Thompson in the said suit, and the
delay caused thereby became so an.
hoying to said j. X. Sumner, that he