Kala v. Mills

OPINION OF THE COURT BY

FREAR, C.J.

The defendant noted an appeal from a judgment of the District Court of South Kona to the “Circuit Court, 3rd Circuit,, Territory of Hawaii. General Appeal. In Chambers.” His appeal bond, which was for' $20, recited that he had appealed to the “Circuit Court of the Third Circuit, Territory of Hawaii, in Chambers.” But the Magistrate’s certificate of appeal stated that the appeal was to the “Circuit Court of the Third Judicial Circuit, Territory of Hawaii.” .The Circuit Court dismissed the appeal on the .ground that it was “impossible to accurately determine…