Richards v. Ontai

OPINION OP THE COURT BY

PERRY, J.

This was an. action of' assumpsit brought to recover $625 alleged, to he due by the defendants to the plaintiff for rent under a certain lease of premises known as. the Kauluwela Lodgings situated in Honolulu. The defendants by their answer admit that the rent accrued against them and plead by way of set off a claim in the sum of $1090.32 for the use of water from January 1, 1908, to July 1, 1908, furnished by the defendants to the plaintiff for certain laundries erected by the plaintiff upon a piece of land known as the park. The verdict was for defendants in…