Silva v. De Freitas

OPINION OF THE COURT BY

HARTWELL, C.J.

Joaquim Silva, doing business under the firm name and style of J. Silva & Company, brought an action in the district court of Honolulu against the defendant Antonio Joaquim de Freitas to recover the sum of $86.39 with interest and costs on a judgment against the defendant made in that court in favor of the plaintiff about July 24, 1905, in 1he sum of $71.74, upon which judgment only $18.25 had been paid and on a claim of $32.90 balance owing for goods sold and delivered and money lent. The defendant testified that he owed the money to the plaintiff,…