Kealoha v. Castle
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEAL FROM THE SUPREME COURT OF THE TERRITORY OF HAWAII. By the last will of Joshua R. Williams, duly admitted to probate by the proper court of the Hawaiian Islands on July 30, 1879, William R. Castle, the appellee, was appointed trustee to collect and manage the estate of said Williams. 'After the decease of Williams, Castle duly qualified and entered upon the performance of the trust.
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APPEAL FROM THE SUPREME COURT OF THE TERRITORY OF HAWAII. By the last will of Joshua R. Williams, duly admitted to probate by the proper court of the Hawaiian Islands on July 30, 1879, William R. Castle, the appellee, was appointed trustee to collect and manage the estate of said Williams. 'After the decease of Williams, Castle duly qualified and entered upon the performance of the trust. He was charged with the duty of paying the income of the estate to named beneficiaries during life, and on the decease of any of such beneficiaries the share was. to be paid to the children, and the…
1Opinion of the Court
. Mr. Justice White,
after making the foregoing statement, delivered the opinion of the court.
The assignments of error assailing the action of the Supreme Court of the Territory propound two questions for our consideration :
1. Was it error to hold that, as the appellants were the issue of an adulterous relation between their father and mother at a time when the father was the lawful husband of another, they were not made legitimate by the marriage of their father and mother after the death of their father’s first lawful wife, and by force of the statutes of Hawaii?
■2.. Was it error to hold…
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