Legal Opinion

In Re the Estate of Amasiu

Hawaii Supreme Court

Decided March 28, 1946No. 2614Published

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION OP THE COURT BY

KEMP, C. J.

This is an appeal from an order sustaining the demurrer to a petition to set aside the decree admitting the will of Amoy Akuna Amasiu to probate.

The history of former litigation in which the petitioner sought the same relief he here asks appears in two opinions of this court, reported in Estate of Amasiu, 36 Haw. 394, and in Aloy v. Cooke Tr. Co. et al., 37 Haw. 171.

The demurrer is both general and special and the order sustaining the demurrer is general. One of the special grounds of the demurrer is “That petitioner is estopped to attack the decree of…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. In re the Estate of KealiiahonuiHawaii Supreme Court · 1893
  2. Estate of KealiiahonuiHawaii Supreme Court · 1890
  3. In Re the Estate AmasiuHawaii Supreme Court · 1943
  4. Aloy v. Cooke Trust Co.Hawaii Supreme Court · 1945
  5. Estate of KealiiahonuiHawaii Supreme Court · 1866

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