Legal Opinion

Cornwell v. Wailuku Sugar Co.

Hawaii Supreme Court

Decided May 20, 1911Published

Motion to Quash Writ ok Error.

1Opinion of the Court

*514OPINION OP THE COURT BY

PERRY, J.

The defendant moves to dismiss the writ of error sued out by the plaintiff on the grounds (1) “that it appears affirmatively from the petition on file that this court was without jurisdiction to grant the writ of error prayed for” and (2) “that prior to the issuance of such writ of error execution on the judgment heretofore entered in the Circuit Court of the Second Judicial Circuit of the Territory of Hawaii in favor of the defendant and against the plaintiff had been returned fully satisfied.” The petition for the writ was first filed and the writ issued on…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. State ex rel. Hinkley v. MartlandSupreme Court of Iowa · 1887
  2. Peabody v. DamonHawaii Supreme Court · 1904

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