The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1903-07-21
WANTS HIS
MONEY BACK

L. T. Rogers lent $500 to Miss Flor
ence II. Bush, q Koloa school teacher,
two weeks ago yesterday. She want
ed to make 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
1t 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 friend
because the school teacher said she
would pay 1t 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
Used to repay it whenever she could.
on cross-examination 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 she give you a note?' asked
Humphreys, the woman's attorney.
mo. / took her word fir 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.
but neither her father or mother or
sister knew about it," said the plain
tiff. II changed my mind and wanted
my money back. I 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 APP
peal. But Miss Bush still has the
money at her disposal.
SAID THE SALMON WE'RE BAD.
Judge Dickey also heard a suit on
draft for salmon. II. Levi & Co. sold
fifty cases of salmon to All Tong,
through their local agent, f.. j. Walker.
The draft for s165 was not paid and
had been assigned to F. f. Thompson
who brought the suit. All Tong claim
ed that the salmon were "unedible and
understandable" and were fermented,
malodorous and decaying.'
Walker testified that he had not sold
the salmon as mo. /" salmon but as
mo. q" He testified also that he had
agreed to make good all cans tnat were
spoiled in excess of one to a case. He
also said that when can was swelled
decomposition had set in. One or two
cans of bad salmon were exhibited in
court. Walker denied that he had been
told that the salmon We're bad and I'M
merchantable and also denied that he
had offered to sell the goods Ger 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 plaintiff
in the sum OF $1s69O which included
interest.