Kapaia Store, Ltd. v. Henriques

OPINION OF THE COURT BY

COKE, C. J.

The bill of exceptions of Mary Teixeira Henriques and Manuel S. Henriques, brought here from the circuit court of the fifth judicial circuit, assailed an order of the circuit judge allowing a cost bill of Sociedade Portugueza de St. Antonio Beneficente de Hawaii, garnishee, in the sum of $141 for attorney’s fees and expenses incurred by the garnishee in connection with the hearing of the above cause.

The controversy arises out of an action in assumpsit instituted by Kapaia Store, Limited, against Manuel S. Henriques, defendant, and Sociedade Portugueza de St.…