Territory of Hawaii ex rel. Holloway v. Cotton

OPINION OP THE COURT BY

PREAR, C.J.

The facts are stated somewhat fully in the decision on the motion to quash, ante, p. 374. Briefly, the defendants, after a verdict against them, moved for a new trial but failed to file the requisite bond within ten days after verdict as required by statute. The trial judge, Gear, holding that the ten days'ran from judgment and not from verdict, allowed judgment to be ■entered and the bond filed after the expiration of the ten days from verdict but within ten days from judgment and heard the motion. He did not decide it, however, until the second term of…