Kunewa v. Kaanaana

OPINION OF THE COURT BY

HARTWELL, J.

This was an action brought before the district magistrate of Ewa by a deputy assessor and collector of taxes for the first, taxation division of the Territory to recover of the defendant the •sum of $193.70, personal and property taxes assessed to the defendant during each year from 1899 to 1905, both inclusive. The defendant making no appearance, the magistrate heard the evidence and gave judgment for the plaintiff for $177.60, being the sum found to be payable for taxes assessed for the six years prior to the action, and costs, but held that the plaintiff…