Halstead v. Gay

Opinion of the Court, by

McCully, J.

The case comes by appeal of the defendant upon matters of law from the decision of Mr. Justice Preston sitting as “Intermediary Court,” who rendered the following opinion :

This is an appeal from a decision of David Dayton, Esq., Police Magistrate of Honolulu, whereby he gave judgment in favor of the plaintiff for one dollar damages and costs in'-an action of trespass upon land of the plaintiff, as particularly set-forth in Royal Patent 276, dated the 30th day of May, 1851.

The following agreement was entered into by counsel on behalf of their respective…