The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1903-07-21
WANTS HIS
MONEY BACK

e. t. Rogers lent $500 to Miss Flor
ence r. Bush, a Koloa school teacher,
two weeks ago yesterday. She want
ed to make a trip to the Coast and
he turned the money over to her. A
week later he changed his mind and
wanted his money back. He didn't get
it and so brought suit against the lady
in Judge Dickey's court. The case was
heard yesterday.
Rogers told his story on the stand.
He was the only witness. The woman
didn't delay her journey because of the
suit and so could not testify. Rogers
had no security for his money, nor did
he have any evidence of Indebtedness.
He simply lent the money as a friend
because the school teacher said she
would pay it back. There may be some
thing more behind the story, but 1T
wasn't brought out at the trial.
Rogers testified that he had lent the
$500 to Miss Bush on July 9th. He said
she had put it in the bank and prom
ised to repay it whenever she could
On discrimination he said that she
was a sister of the principal OF the
Koloa school on Kauai, and that she
was an assistant in the school. She was
to pay it back within a short time.
did Sne give you Il
Humphreys, the woman's attorney.
mo, 1 took her word fr it,
Rogers said he was earning sixty
dollars a month, and that he had saved
$500. He had heard that she wanted
the money to go to San Francisco.
"Rut neither her father or mother or
sister knew about it, said the plain
tiff. Il changed my mind and wanted
nv money back. 1 wanted some Sc
curity. some document to show that she
had the money"
The $500 was deposited in Bishop &
Co.'S bank and the bankers had been
named as garnishees. Judge Dickey
held for the defendant and assessed the
costs against the man who wanted his
money back. He gave notice OF ap-
peal. But Miss Bush still has the
money at her disposal.
SAID THE SALMON WE'RE BAD.
Judge Dickey also heard suit on
draft for salmon. II. Levi & Co. sold
fifty cases of salmon to All Tong,
| through their local agent, E. j. Walker
The draft for $165 was not paid and
had been assigned to F. E. Thompson
who brought the suit. All Tong claim
ed that the salmon were ''unedible and
understandable" and were fermented,
maIodorous and decaying."
! Walker testified that he had not sofa
| the salmon as mo. 1" salmon but as
mo. 3" He testified also that he lad
agreed to make good all cans that were
spoiled in excess of one to a case. He
| also said that when a can was swelleo
| decomposition had set in. One or two
| cans of bad salmon were eXhioited IN
court. Walker denied that he had been
told that the salmon were bad and I'M
understandable, and also denied that ne
had offered to sell the goods tcr the
| Chinese on Maui knowing they were
unfit for food He explained that dry
| tins lacked oil, and said that he had
used some of the same brand OF salmon
on his own table
The defendant testified that he had
told Walker the salmon were no good
and declined to pay for them. Another
Chinese to whom had been sold one OF
the fifty cases said that he had return
ed the goods because they were not
fit to eat.
Judge Dickey found for the plaintift
in the sum of s1s6.eO which included
interest.