Meyer v. Territory of Hawaii

OPINION OF THE COURT BY

CIRCUIT JUDGE McLAUGHLIN.

This cause reaches this court by way of exceptions taken by plaintiffs-appellants, pursuant to section 3530, Revised Laws 1935, to a judgment entered below in favor of the Territory, the defendant-appellee. Section 3593, Revised Laws 1935, confers jurisdiction upon this court to determine the questions thus posed.

The record reveals that appellants, predicating their action upon section 4420, Revised Laws 1935, permitting suits against the Territory upon implied contracts with it, instituted suit in the court below to recover from the appellee…