Garcia v. Mendonca

Opinion of the Court, by

Preston, J.

This case was originally brought in the Police Court, Honolulu, and the plaintiff sought to recover $100 for work and labor done and performed by the plaintiff for Domingo Lopes Ramos in his lifetime and for money paid.

The defendant was sued as administrator of Ramos.

At the trial in the Police Court the plaintiff having stated that he was a partner with the deceased, was nonsuited.

From this decision he appealed and the appeal was heard before Mr. Justice Bickerton, who rendered a judgment in favor of the defendant upon the application of counsel for the…