Lee v. F. A. Schaefer & Co.

OPINION OF THE COURT BY

PETERS, C. J.

This is an action of assumpsit for the alleged purchase price of an interest in land. Defendant had judgment below and plaintiff prosecuted exceptions.' The contract upon which the action is predicated is made out from correspondence between F. A. Schaefer & Company, Limited, an Hawaiian corporation, acting as agent of the Honokaa Sugar Company, and Delbert E. Metzger, Esq., an attorney at law, acting on behalf of Mrs. Brown-Alien as principal. The subject-matter of the contract is Mrs. Brown-Alien’s undivided half interest in the land described in L. C. A.…