Legal Opinion
Waialua Agricultural Co. v. Christian
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided December 5, 1938No. Nos. 15, 17PublishedCited by 59 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Reed
These cases concern the validity of a lease, a contract for maintenance, and a deed conveying or assigning rights of Eliza R. P. Christian, an incompetent, to a one-third undivided interest in land on the Island of Oahu, Territory of Hawaii.
The Supreme Court of the Territory of Hawaii in two opinions on separate appeals set aside the deed and refused to set aside the contract or lease. A decree was entered directing the reconveyance to the incompetent of her previously conveyed interest in the tract with adjustments for improvements. The Circuit Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit refused…
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