The Hawaiian gazette., 1908-02-28
HEAVY TRIBUTE
PAID LAWYERS

]. Alfred Magoon. guardian OF Kalua
Kapukini. spendthrift. fled his ac-
count up 20 February is. 1907. cover
ing period from August IS. 1901. Re-
ceipts are s27&s.l0 and payments
s4s6S5s. leaving the estate indebted to
the guardian in the sum OF sisls4S.
Judge Lindsay approved the accounts
and. on the petition Of the ward her
self, granted his discharge.
In the payments out OF income an
immense proportion of the spend
thrift's" estate has been dissipated for
her in law expenses, as witness the
following items:
June 20. 1901. To fee ]. Alfred Ma
COON for resisting application for dis
charge OF guardian IN Circuit and Su-
preme Court brought by Humphreys &
Gear. decided May 81. 1899. $50. The
amount os this charge made two years
after the event is entered in pencil.
July IS. 1871. To masters fee on ac-
count, $50.
Sept. 2S. 1901. To witness fees. SIS:
so. TO subpoena. 81; Oct. >. 10 witness
fees. $3.50; 4. 10 transcript Of evidence.
ssS.56; $, to costs. etc, SIS: Il. to costs
appeal guardianship. $50: total. sIlOsS.
Jan. Il. 1902. To balance transcript
re guardianship, $3.50.
June II. To car fare J. Lightfoos
searching for Kalua 10 appear in court.
s0.15.
July .. To fee J. Alfred Magoon for
resisting application for discharge OF
guardian in Circuit and Supreme Court
brought by Thos. Fitch. decided in Su-
preme Court May Z. '02. and on motion
for rehearing July 9. 'O2. $3.50. This
struggle TO retain hold OF the spend
thrift, il will be seen. is deemed worth
SloO more than the other. Probably
Tom Fitch gave the guardian a harder
run for the money than had Hum
phreys * Gear. Again the amount. not
the item, is entered in pencil.
reo. 4, 1903. To BarenaDa, services
attorney in District Court. Kaneohe.
IS.
April 4. To costs in re guardianship,
$50,
May :. To paid Fitch for writ Of
error, SIS.
The total income spent in litigation
IS s654.21 but that is not all. Charged
to principal there are these items:
October II. 1901. To cash paid Gear
& Humphreys in full of fee. $500.
July 10, 1902. To cash paid Thos.
Fitch. siS65O
July Il. 1904. To cash paid Thos.
Fitch acc. fee. $3.50.
Aug. ?. To cash paid Thos. Fitch
IN full, $3.50.
This is Sl436.5O paid 10 lawyers out
d principal, which added to the sS5421
Tor litigation out Of income makes a
grand total Of S2090.71. or more than
Inc amount Of the spendthrift's alleg-
ed Indebtedness TO her guardian, which
mas been absolutely thrown away so
-ar as the poor woman is concerned.
Mr.. Magoon charges his ward. also.
with SS21.S9 as interest on overdrafts.
computed at the rate OF eight per cent.
StiIl, the ward says in her petition
mat she has examined the accounts
ana approved them. ]. Alfred NIagoon
vas apl~inted her guardian by Judge
Alfred w. Carter on February 20. 1894.
md she gives the following reasons
-or asking that the guardianship be
low terminated, as has been done:
That petitioner is now thirtv-txo
iears Of age ana upwards. and is mar
led and desires to make certain pro-
'lslons with reference TO her property
which she cannot make while the guar
iianship continues, and that the con-
emplated provision viii. as petitioner
believes, be greatly TO her advantage
md will increase petitioners income
rom her property.
That petitioner has for some months
asst past been working steadily in Ho-
iolulu for wages, and through manual
abor has learned the value OF money