Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1903-07-28


conduct in the Sumner litigation.
brought by Attorney General Andrews,
was filed on Saturday evening and is,
In full, as follows:
in the Supreme Court Of the Territory
Of Hawaii. october Term, 1902.
July 1903 Session.
In the matter Of George A. Davis. an
Attorney at Law of the Supreme
Court.
To the Honorable the Chief Justice and
Associate Justices of the Supreme
Court of the Territory of Hawaii
sitting in Banco.
Answer Of George A. Davis to the in
formation against him made and filed
by Lorrln Andrews, Attorney General
of the Territory of Hawaii.
And now comes George A. Davis an
attorney of this Honorable Supreme
Court and answering the information
filed against him by Lorrin Andrews,
Attorney General of this Territory.
humbly presents to this Honorable SUI
preme Court, and upon his oath al
leges and says as follows:
J.
That he Is an attorney at law and
was duly licensed to practice law by the
Supreme Court of the Republic OF Ha-
wall on or about the -. day Of ......
A. ID. 1896, and was on or about
the 18th day of January, A. d. 1902,
duly and regularly admitted an attor-
ney and counsellor of the Supreme
Court of the United States Of America
and on the 3Oth day of December. A.
d. 1901, was duly admitted as an at
torney and counsellor of the United
States Circuit Court of Appeals of the
Ninth Judicial Circuit and the Circuit
Court of the Ninth Judicial Circuit, and
the said George A. Davis In the month
of June, A. D.. 1879, duly and regular
ly received the degree of Bachelor of
Laws from Boston University in the
State of Massachusetts and has almost
continuously from that time practiced
his profession as an attorney and coun-
sellor at law and is now member of
the bar of this court in good standing
and is now conducting his profession
as a lawyer in Honolulu, Island Of
Oahu, in the Territory OF Hawaii.
2.
This respondent George -. Davis de-
MES that he has been guilty of profess
sional improprieties, malpractice, de-
ceit and infidelity to his client and
gross misconduct as alleged and
charged in the second and third para
graphs OF the information filed against
him by the said Attorney General Lor-
! rim Andrews.
This respondent alleges and says that
he was duly and regularly retained by
Maria S. Davis, the sister OF John K.
Sumner, on or about the -. day OF
......... A. D., 1902, and in pursu-
nnce Of his duties he examined the
numerous papers and documents on
file in the Circuit Court of the First
Circuit of this Territory and in the
Supreme Court in relation to the at
fairs Of John X. Sumner, and upon
such examination found a letter writ
ten by Kinney, the counsel for Maria
S. Davis which said letter is dated the
18th day Of September, 1898, and Ia
in the words and figures following to.
wit:
Law Offices of Kinney & Ballou.
Honolulu, II. l., September 18th, '9S.
Messrs. Castle & Weaver. Attorneys
for John X. Sumner, Honolulu.
Dear Strive have considered the
In fnvsNnn ion annuapaI To h,r. ha,
Mr. Sumner has made a new will and
does not wish to sign the will drawn
by Mr.. Castle before he left for the
States,
AS Mr.. Sumner in our opinion is non
compos mentis and incapable Of maxi
ing either a valid will or any legal In
strument II Is matter of indifference
to us what will he makes or what will
he signs. The main point is that under
the trust deed to the Bishop his prop
erty will be preserved IRON the hands
Of designing people for his own sup
port and maintenance, and IL In secur-
ing that beneficial end and his own
peace from litigation he sees fit to make
one or a dozen Wills. It does not In oul
opinion alter the effect or the benef,
to be derived from putting his property
in trust, and we therefore inform you
that the stipulation for discontinuance
of the various suits in which John X
Sumner Is concerned, and which has
been signed by Sumner and Maria s
Davis, still holds good, and we are
ready TO consummate the various mat
tiers agreed upon therein.
Yours very truly,
(Signed) KINNEY G. BALLoU.
Attorneys for Maria S. Davis and at
torneys in this matter for II. w
Davis"
That this respondent received infor
nation to the effect that the said Johr
X, Sumner was about to sell and dis
pose of his real estate which is des
Cribed In that certain deed made he
tween John X. Sumner ct al to tn,
Oahu Railway & Land Company, a cor