Chater v. Carter
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEAL FROM THE SUPREME COURT OF THE TERRITORY OF HAWAII. This is an appeal from a decree of the Supreme Court of Hawaii (22 Hawaii, 34), affirming a decree of the Circuit Court of the same Territory which dismissed a bill .in equity brought by Charles Hartwell Chater,- a minor, by his father, Charles H. Chater, -as next friend and guardian, in which the father joined,as a complainant in his own right and as Administrator of the estate of his. deceased wife, Charlotte Lee…
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APPEAL FROM THE SUPREME COURT OF THE TERRITORY OF HAWAII. This is an appeal from a decree of the Supreme Court of Hawaii (22 Hawaii, 34), affirming a decree of the Circuit Court of the same Territory which dismissed a bill .in equity brought by Charles Hartwell Chater,- a minor, by his father, Charles H. Chater, -as next friend and guardian, in which the father joined,as a complainant in his own right and as Administrator of the estate of his. deceased wife, Charlotte Lee Hartwell Chater; the defendánts being Alfred W. Carter, as trustee of a trust created by the late Alfred S. Hartwell,…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Pitney
We have here a trust declared in writing by the late Judge Hartwell, of Hawaii, a man of ample means and of long experience as a practicing lawyer and judge, the father of seven daughters, four married, three unmarried, of whom five were named and in some way provided for in •the trust instrument. The subject of the controversy is 585 shares of the stock of the Hawaiian Sugar Company, for which a certificate accompanied the trust instrument, the certificate being in the name of “Alfred W. Carter as Trustee for Charlotte Lee Hartwell Chater;” separate certificates being at the same time issued…
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