Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1905-10-20
HUMPHREYS b SUED
BY lAHER
FOR $4,000 DAMAGES

| Second Engineer John w. Laker of
the Restorer has brought suit against
Judge A. S. Humphreys for $4,000
, damages. 1t Is alleged that on Sept.
10 Laker sought legal advice from
Humphreys, for which he agreed to
pay $25 at the commencement of DC.
tober. On Sept. 80, Humphreys ipsti.
tuted an action in the Waialua District
Court against Laker to recover 800
for professional services. Laker was
summoned to appear and did appear
before the Waialua court, but Humph.
reys made no appearance, and the case
was dismissed. Laker figures the fee
and expenses of his attorney and him
self on this jaunt at $27.40.
The complaint then goes on as fol
lows:
That on said September both, A. d.
1905 the said plaintiff, as the said de.
PENDANT well knew, was at Waialua
| aforesaid. temporarily, and stopping at
the Haleiwa Hotel at said place; that
in fact the said plaintiff was there
with two ladies of Honolulu aforesaid.
the wife and daughter of one OF his
friends, who were his guests, and in
tended to remain at the said hotel
with his said suests, until the follow.
ing Tuesday, October Sd, A. d. 1905;
that the said plaintiff was also at said
| Waialua, to attend the semiannual
dinner of the Honolulu Engineering
Association. of which he was and Is a
member, held on the evening OF said
September 3Oth, A. d. 1905, at said
Haleiwa Hotel, that, during the day
last aforesaid, preceding and in con.
nection with the action aforesaid, on
the lanai of said hotel, and in the i'm.
mediate vicinity thereof. the said de
! PENDANT addressed to the said plaintiff
'dead.beat' and 'blackguard,' and also
profane expressions in a loud tone and
angry manner, and when the said plain
tiff tried to withdraw from the pres.
ence OF said defendant, followed him
around the said lanai, threatened him
with physical violence and also threat.
ened to have him arrested and caused
the said ladies', his guests as afore
said, to believe that he would be ar
rested and said that he would shame
the said plaintiff before the said ladies
and delayed the service of summons
In said action, until after the said
| plaintiff was seated at the dinner table
as a member of said Honolulu Engi
neering Association as aforesaid; that
ali and singular the language and con
duct aforesaid of the said defendant
In this paragraph averred, were cause
less, wanton and malicious, based on
an assumed doubt as to whether the
said plaintiff would pay the fee OF
twenty-five dollars aforesaid, which In
fact the said plaintiff was fully pre-
pared to pay and did pay to the said
defendant, after the premature actor
aforesaid had been so dismissed al
agreement as aforesaid, and for the
purpose of humiliating and discredit
ing the said plaintiff before the said
ladies. ne said members Of the Homo
lulu Z 1'arlng Association. and 9th
&. ar gro q - he said hotel; and that
in consequence of the violent and
nbuslv" 1rulge and conduct Of the
,saId 4" lant, and the commence
men, OF Id action and the service OF
process therein as aforesaid, the said
visit of said two ladies to Waialua was
broken up and cut short, and they
were escorted back to said Honolulu
by the husband OF one and the father
of the other"