The Hawaiian gazette., 1916-02-01
(From Sunday Adteftiser)

I At half-past one o'clock yesterday
afternoon Judge Whitney, in charge Of
the probate division of the local circuit
court, ordered Richard II. Trent, guard
ian of the property of the estate of
Richard Smart, a minor, to pay attor-
.neys' fees, expenses and advances made
in the case, amounting to- a total OF
$S4, 073.99. With $20,60O paid by the
late Henry Gaillata Smart to Thomp-
son, MilvertOn & Catheart, and $4,000
advanced by Mrs. Elizabeth j. knight
to William A. Kinney, the total cost
of the late litigation over the estate
Of Mrs. Thelma Parker smart, deceased,
has reached $l05,573.99. d.. u .s,',
There were few persons in court when
the petition Of Richard ii. Trent, guard
ian, came on, to be heard early. yester-
day afternoon, Besides Judge Whitney,
who presided, and Clerk Charles Manner
Hite, there were present, Judge Arthur
A. Wilder, representing, Richard
Smart's grandmother. Mrs. Elizabeth J.
knight; Fred, w. Mlverton of the
law firm of Thompson, .Milyerton and
Cathcart; l.. j. Warren of Smith, War
rem, Hemenway q Sutton; Richard r.
Trent, the guardian Of threesyear old
Richard Smart; Herbert r. Jordan, the
eourttTeporter, and q representative of
The Advertiser. a 4ss} yrs, ~. ltlaE
Guardian Seeks Authority r..
The petition Of the guardian prayed
the court to take official cognizanee of
the fact that there We're number of
accounts outstanding against the estate,
consisting, mainly Of attorney s fees,
expenses and costs, which should re,
reiye early judicial attention, and the
Guardian requested that h, be judici
ally directed what TO do. ~
in answer to =. question by the court,
Mr., Trent, who had taken the witness
stand, said: "
~ know of no reason WHY these
items should be rejected and in Inc
light that the compromise IN the fght
for the estate saved further and posi-
bly, greater expense, believe they
'houla be paid. &" ~. D.. sr..5..
Judge Whitney, after stating the
facts in the ease, as they appeared to
him., ordered the items. which are DIV
IN above and which total $S4 073 90, to
he paid by the guardian. The guard
IAN VIII also pay seven per cent inter,
est a year on the amounts which NAV
he paid readily and on the deferred
Payments, as II will be some time be-
fore there Is sufficient income on hand
to meet these payments, interest, At
the rate OF six per cent shall be paid.
Biggest Fight In Courts
The fight over the Thelma Parker
state Is Wen remembered here, II be-
ng only a few months ago thar the
matter was finally settled through n
"ompromise between the warning par
ties and attorneys. II was probably
the biggest ease Of its kind ever han
lied in the Territory The property
involved was the hig ParkerEattIe ranch
in the Island of Hawaii, tn value of
The ranch the biggest in these Islands
being variously estimated al from t,vn
to three million dollars, its annnal in.
'" .',. resesins probably quarter of a
million dollars u, slEF . ~ ,-ogF
Pretty little Thelmas Parker. daaph.
ter Of Mrs. Elizabeth J.. Knipbt. was
the heiress to this vast property. which
was protected by deed of trust and
entrusted to Alfred w. Carter, man,
ager Of the. ranch, as trustee
benrv GaDlard Smart, the son ~ a
Virginia Baptist minister while visiting
here met young Thelma. The wedding,
which was performed in the old Parker
home IN Waimea. Hawaii was attended
ny over 1000 persons, hundreds gong
there from Honolulu and other parts of
the Islands, The festivities lasted two
weeks a great cattle rouRd-uI harhe.
cue and dance bringing to close the
&c ebration incidental to what was then
h", eyed TO have been q most happy
union Of two Young peopIe-~he of the
g"nteel Virginianss and she almost the
last OF an old chieftain house in Ha
wall.
smarts IN Europe
The Smarts Travelled through the
mainland, visited Paris, where they