The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-10-24

the matter dragged along-either Mr.
Castle was out of the country, but the
proposition was submitted to Carl
Smith. the attorney down there, after
being made to Mr.. Castle here Oh to
his officer here, and he advised, as
understand, that the offer should be ac-
cepted; but it dragged along there
either Mr.. Castle was away or the
papers and letters which had been re-
ceived from Mr.. Smith advising a set
Element were mislaid and he had to
be written again.
Kept on Dragging.
1t dragged along all through that
year 1t dragged along all through
the following year until the final set
Element was made in October, 1901.
Now, gentlemen, how even in the best
regulated firms these old matters dis
appear, how the records of them dis
appear We find over in Mr.. Castle s
office the only record of any payment
to me at all, or any payment in set
Element of this case, journal entry
which credits Mr.. Weaver with 1925
and charges Maleana Davis, that is
the gath day of October, the same day
we find receipt signed by me for
$205 divided in this way: 1905 is writ
ten out in letters, below it is 1925
in figures and the dollar mark, and
$50 in figures and the dollar mark;
then following that are the words
''Due to him, - which have been
scratched out and the words FSettle-
meht PaIea VS.. Davis written by me
in my handwriting.
Surprising He Did.
Now, take it that ] got $205 that
day, and this 1925 which was on a
note that they had advanced TO me on
this settlement in the August preced-
ing, and which was taken up then;
take it that the 1905 was cash received
by me and 1925 was the payment of
the note, that would make $3.50, and
that is the only record that is in
existence as far as we can find which
shows what was paid to me in this
settlement. But Mr.. Castle s recollec
ton and my recollection is that I did
receive $780, Now before this settle
ment was concluded-before we had
reached the final payment of the money
Mr.. Goo Wan Hoy informed me that
the old couple had died, that my
clients were dead-the long laws de-
lay had been too much for them and
they had succumbed, and our case
dropped with them. The case was
gone. They were my clients. they
were the plaintiffs and they were the
principal if not the only witnesses. I
told Mr. Alloy then that we were gone,
that I could whistle for my expense
money and whistle for my attorney S
fees. and that he would have to do
the same thing for any expenses that
he had been to- But he didn t. He
says, eco ahead, get some settlement
out of them. get what you can. get
the attorneys fees " / did go ahead,
and Mr.. Castle, living up to the set
Element that had been agreed upon,
although he was under no legal obliga
ton, if under any moral obligation,
to pay it, did pay me, as I say, the
sum of $780, as we recOllect.
Just His Little Fee.
Now that was attorneys fees. All
that could be saved out of that case
could be only the attorneys fees ANY
other money that could be gotten out |
of that case was not for me, was not !
for Goo Wan Hoy, but it would go to |
the heir of the old man, and the only |
heir was the defendant Meleana Davis. |
So, if ] had chosen, / could have told |
Mr.. Goo Wan Hoy, "This is my at |
torney's fee and I am going to keep
it =; but I didn t. On the contrary, |
right after the settlement was made I |
told him that he would share with me
in the matter Now meanwhile 7 had !
got letter from Amalu in which-it |
was shortly after I was down there in /
April, 1S99-he said that he wanted tc /
get out of the matter and suggested |
that I should reimburse him for the |
expenses that he had been to. which. |
of course, I didn't do.
Generous, but Hard-Up.
Now I told Goo Wan Hoy that 7
would divide with him, but / told him
that | did need the money and if he |
didn t want it Immediately and would
let me have it, would go further and
would let him have a reasonable
amount for the expenses that he had