Silva v. Homen

Opinion of the Court, by

Frear, J.

This is an action of trovfer, damages' laid at $300, for wrongful conversion of goods consisting of electro-plating machinery, tools and supplies, and chattels of plaintiffs, which were in a shop occupied by plaintiffs rented of defendant. The ease was heard in the Police Court of Honolulu, which gave judgment for defendant, and on appeal again by a Justice of this Court at Chambers, who, in affirming the judgment below, held that the goods in question were legally distrained. The essential facts found were that plaintiffs *15were in arrears of rent for about…