Wilcox v. Berrey

OPINION OF THE COURT BY

HARTWELL, J.

Tbis case was commenced in tbe District Court of Honolulu wbicb g'ave judgment for the defendant. The plaintiff appealed to the Circuit Court, in which the jury rendered a verdict as follows :

“We the jury in the above entitled cause find for the plaintiff and against the defendant in the sum of $159.60 damages, but we do not think that defendant had any malicious intent.” .

The substance of the complaint is:

That March 17, 1899, the Hawaiian News Co., holding plaintiff’s promissory note in the sum of $90.00, brought action upon it in said District Court and…