Trousseau v. Cartwright

OPINION OF THE COURT BY

JUDD, C.J.

This action is assumpsit by Madame Edma G. Trousseau, widow of the late George P. Trousseau, against his executors upon a contract in writing made in 1882, signed by plaintiff in Paris, France, on the 10th June, and in Honolulu on the 13th July by G. Trousseau, the decedent. The agreement is in the French language, of which an English translation is furnished as follows:

“It has been agreed and arranged as follows between the *139undersigned, Hr. George Phillipe Trousseau, living at Honolulu, Sandwich. Islands, of the one part, and Madame Edma Genevieve, living at…