Parke v. Parke

OPINION OF THE COURT BY

COKE, C. J.

TMs is an appeal prosecuted by complainant-appellant from a decree of the circuit court of the first judicial cir*398cuit sitting in .equity dismissing her bill of complaint. A summarized history ,of the controversy is as follows: William C. Parke, a resident of Honolulu, died intestate on November 17, 1917, leaving an estate in the Territory of Hawaii consisting of real and personal property of the approximate value of $250,000. Following his death and upon the petition of his sisters, the respondents Jane S. Parke, Annie H. Parke and Bernice P. Walbridge, and…