Akatsuka v. McKay

OPINION OP THE COURT BY

COKE, C. J.

This action, on the case for damages was instituted by K. Akatsuka, plaintiff and plaintiff in error, against TV. A. McKay, defendant and defendant in error, in the circuit court of the first judicial circuit. The plaintiff asked judgment against the defendant in the sum of $15,000 for actual and punitiAm damages. The allegations of the complaint may be summarized as ío11oaas : That defendant was and is the district magistrate of Wailuku, County of Maui and Territory of Hawaii; that on the 7th day of May, 1916, a police officer filed a complaint charging the…