McCully v. Stanley

This matter comes before the full Court on a bill of exceptions filed, by the plaintiff's' counsel to a ruling made by the Chief Justice, while sitting at nisi prius, by which the Court granted a non-suit on motion of defendants’ counsel, at the last January term of this Court.

*148The action is for damages resulting to plaintiff for injury done by the defendants to the property of said plaintiff, he being the owner of a certain tract of land situated in Kona, Hawaii. Said action rests principally upon an agreement entered into by the plaintiff with Wm. F. Roy, on the first day of April, 1865, by…