Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-03-04
PUBLIC HEARINGS
Held TONIGHT ON
UTILITIES GRANTS


scheduled for 8 o'clock this evening II
the senate chamber by the committee
OF Oahu senators. At that session AM
citizens desiring to express their opin
ions for or against three senate mea
sures now under consideration vii
have the privilege of presenting then
arguments. r.. ass.--.-.- 4.
The bills to be discussed relate L
extending the use Of the right of emf
nent domain by electric light and pow
er companies. extending the Hawaiian
Electric Company's franchise to cover
the island of Oahu, and granting 1
similar extension to the Honolulu Gas
Company. Senator A. L. Castle Ii
chairman of the Oahn committee and
will preside at ton1ght's meeting.
said Annie r. K. Parker Smart was
not only deprived as aforesaid OF the
legal title to said ranch and ranch
property but said trust deed did not
even reserve or set apart for herself
or for her family any, residence or
right of residence on said ranch prop.
erty, and neither said Annie T. K.
Parker Smart nor her family had the
right at any tine to 60 upon said
ranch property except upon the con
sent and sufferanee of the trustee
named In said deed of trust. That
under the terms and conditions of said
deed of trust the said petitioner, EIiz.
abeth ]. Knight, was and is entitled to
receive q large income out of said
ranch and ranch property, and under
the provisions Of said deed of trust
has continuously received since the
execution thereof on April %, 1912, uI
TO the present time, an income OF
$1,000 q month. and will, under the
provisions thereof, within year, re.
ceive an Increased income to an
amount Of not less than $500 a month
for the remainder OF her life. That
within few days after the coming OF
age of the said Annie T. K. Parker
Smart the said petitioner. Elizabeth
]. Knight, further secured from the
said Annie r X. Parker Smart a deed
and conveyance OF home the said
Annie T. X. Parker Smart then owned
In the city of San Francisco, CAL,
which home Is Of the value of about
s75. 200.
Child Not DisInherited.
Respondent further says that he is
informed and believes and upon such
information and belief alleges that
counsel for the said petitioner, Eliza:
beth ]. Knight, are making the con-
tention that the last win, known as the
third will OF the said Annie T. X. Par.
ker Smart, does not obligate respond
ent, Henry Gaillard Smart, to share
with his child Richard any part of
the estate or income OF the estate, that
there is not expressed In the viii any.
thing which legally obligates respond,
ent to share the income Of the estate
with the child. and that the child is
disinherited and not recog-
nized BY the win so far as any bind
ing, legal obligation or right is con.
cerned, and respondent further alleges
In this behalf that ne has requested
his counsel, Frank E. Thompson, ESQ,
Fred w. Milterton. Esq. and John w.
Cathcart. Esq, to see that the spirit
as well as the letter Of every wish.
Of his late wife, Annie T. K. Parker
Smart, as expressed BY said last win,
to wit, the third will, be carried out
and has been advised by HIS said coun-
sci that under the terms and condi.
tons Of such viii, the child Richard is
entitled, as q matter OF right and on,
law, to two-thirds of the income of.
such estate from the time OF his ma.
jority, and that he. the said Henry
Gaillard Smart, IL entitled to one-third
Of the income OF such estate only,
after the coming of age of the said
Richard Smart, and that If he, re-
dies at any time before the
death Of the said Elizabeth. J, Knigh
the whole estate under the terms Of
the will, becomes the property of the
child, Richard. Respondent further
alleges that acting under instructions
from him, his said counsel viii, in the
said probate proceedings, instituted
rs aforesaid. Tor the purpose OF pro-
batting said third VIII. attempt to se-
cure an Interpretation OF SAID will from
The court consistent with the inter
pretation so ptaceu upon II as above
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aDeIn j. hmgnt nave been advised az
10 the construction placed on SAID w1lfl
by respondents SAID counsel and have
been advised as TO the intention oI
to secure an Interpretation
Df said VIII as above stated, bur never.
Illeless, as respondent is advised and
believes, and upon sucn Information
ana belief alleges, contemplate the
on OF legal proceedings based
lpon the assumption that such ex.
pressed wishes and desires OF the said
Annie r. X. Parker smart as set forth
IN said third will, are not binding and
1Dilgatory and that therefore the SAID
ehnu. Richard, Is practically disinher-
ted and that II slcn contemplated le-
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