Post #775598 by HillbillyBaggy on Wed, May 3, 2017 12:20 PM

The business of Tiki can sometimes be ugly. Currently listed on ebay are the Texas court books chronicaling the lawsuits between Ren Clark and the other investors in the Western Hills Hotel. The auction is a buy it now, so I'm pretty sure I'm not ruining anyone's chance of scooping this up at the last minute at a bargain. Figured it should be posted here so that it has a chance to find its way into the hands of a TC historian instead of the general public. A few pages are visible in the auction listing and are copied here. This gives some good insight into the Polynesian Village timeline. Being 340 pages long, I would imagine that there's some reference to the business side of the Polynesian Village during Ren's brief majority ownership of the hotel. Perhaps GK is interested for the book on Texas/DFW Tiki establishments? Any progress on this book?

Here is the text from the listing description with a few screen caps:
"A rare set of civil court books from the estate of Hank Green, owner of Western Hills Hotel and Green Oaks Inn, eventually escalated to the Supreme Court of Texas, around 340 pages in length between the two books, very good and clean, external spots. Unique addition to library."