H. Hackfeld & Co. v. Coerper

OPINION OP THE COURT BY

HARTWELL, C.J.

The plaintiff brought an action in the district court of Honolulu upon the defendant’s promissory note, a statement of the demand, including a copy of the note, being set forth in the original writ signed by the magistrate and issued out of the district court and which, in the usual form, is brought in the name of the Territory, is directed “To the High Sheriff of the Territory of Hawaii or his deputy or Sheriff of the County of Oahu or his deputy or any police officer of the District of Honolulu, County of Oahu, Territory of Hawaii,” commanding them to…