Pedro, Jr. v. Hapai

OPINION OF THE COURT BY

LINDSAY, J.

This is a submission upon an agreed statement of facts under which the sole question presented is whether the laws of the Territory require that a primary election for the nomination of county officers for the County of Hawaii be held on October 10, 1925. Argument was had on October 2 and, on the following day, we announced orally that the question should be answered in the affirmative, and that the reasons for our conclusion would later be handed down in writing.

From the facts submitted, it appears that defendant, who is clerk of the County of Hawaii, caused…