Hakalau v. De La Nux

OPINION OF THE COURT BY

COKE, C. J.

In April, 1925, Rebecca Houghtailing Hakalau, whose name at the time was Rebecca Houghtailing, owning valuable property, the greater part of which was real estate within the Territory of Hawaii, executed a deed of trust conveying to the Hawaiian Trust Company, Limited, as trustee, all property owned by her of every kind and description and wherever located, reserving to herself the possession and control during her lifetime of certain designated personal belongings. Following the habendum clause the trust document provides: “But in Trust nevertheless for the…