The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-01-10
TWO JUDGMENTS
ARE RENDERED
Henry Against BroWn---The
Landlord and Tenant
Case Ruling.


&c before Judge De Bolt yesterday.
Magoon & Lightfoot appeared for
plaintiff, and Geo. D. Gear and Geo. A.
Davis for defendant. A motion by de-
PENDANT for nonsuit had been denied.
Exceptions were noted to this denial
as well as to the granting of the mo-
ton for directed verdict, also to the
court g receiving of the verdict when
a juror had figured up the interest ON
the note in question before a. foreman
was appointed to present the verdict.
The suit was based on a note for
$1,000, with interest at 10 per cent. per
annum until paid, nade October 81,
1900.
A special venire had to be sum-
moned before a jury was obtained,
which consisted of r. W. Podmore, w.
M. Graham, Fl. G.. Dillingham;, M. F.
Cunningham, Chas. R. Roe, Jules M.
Levy, Jonathan Shaw, Theo. Wolff,
David Hurst, j. L. Davis, A. V. Pc
tiers and John T. Gribble.
LANDLORD AND TENANT.
Verdict and judgment for plaintiff
for $55, the amount claimed, was given
in Judge De Bolts court in the suit
of David L. Peterson v. Chas. R..
Frazier.
According to the lease the tenant was
to keep the premises in good condition,
but he tried to put upon the landlord
the extraordinary expense of complying
with Board of Health orders for re-
pairs. 1t was in this connection that
the court made the ruling that, under
the common law, the landlord was not
required to do more than keep the
house watertight.
TO HARVEST RICE.
Judge Lindsay signed an order, on
the petition of Armin Haneberg, adj
ministrator of the estate of l.. Ahlo,
deceased, empowering the petitioner to
make arrangements with responsible
parties to take over certain contracts
with planters for the planting, caring
for and harvesting of crops of rice. The
petition set forth that the contracts
had become a burden to the estate, in
asmuch as it was unable to make the
advances required by the contracts.
PROBATE MATTERS.
Judge Lindsay appointed Guy E. X.
Swan and Afford l.. Swan to receive
letters of ancillary administration on
the estate of Antoinette F. Swan of
in this Territory consists of two parcels
Of real property at and near Maunakea
street, Honolulu, respectively of 1910
and 2245 square feet, valued together
at about $780, The bono is $1,000
Petitioners are sons of deceased and
,he duly appointed admia -strators in
California. Judge Lindsay appointed
>. E. Steere, John Marcallino and o. A.
Steven as appraisers. Judd, Mott |
Smith & Hemenway are attorneys for
administrators.
Judge Lindsay appointe1 Frank An
Trade as guardian of Christian Sylves-
;er Bertelmann, a minor, in place of |
Father Sylvester Stappers, deceased, |
1ndar n bond of S1000
o. A. Steven, A. Coyne and James |
Steiner, appraisers, have valued the es-
tic of Eva Hammer at SIG %.
COURT ITEMS.
Judge De Bolt excused his jurors UNI
il Monday.
Time to January % is granted defen-
Iants to plead in the case of Wolter v.
Tieira.
Defendant in the ejectmen Mt suit of
hung Tai V. E. H. +. Wolter will
move before Judge De Bolt at $3.50 a.
n. Saturday, to have the case set for
rial
Ballou & Marx for defendant, in the
nit for damages for breach of cove
ant brought by Kaneohe Ranch Co.,
It'd, against Mamie R. Rice, have filed
demurrer raising many points.
Defendants in the suit of Thomas S.
lay v. The Orpheum Co., Ltd, ct al,
y their attorney, C. w. Ashford, have
led an exception to Judge Robinson IS
ecision in favor of plaintiff.
William H. Crawford was due to I
lead to his indictment for gambling {
efore Judge Robinson yesterday Geo.
: Gear, his attorney, entered de- :
urrer, which was set for hearing this ,
orning. This slaves off the plea for
lie time being
In the case of J. o. Carter ct al,
ustees of B. P. Bishop estate, against r
lillian r. Castle and Tong Inn Co., s
ectment, Holmes & Stanley and Castle l
Wilmington, the respective counsel,
lpulate for continuance till after the =
st week in March. .
Lellanl Mossman petitions for re- n