In re Cooper

OPINION OF THE COURT BY

DE BOLT, J.

Tbe applicant, Henry E. Cooper, having filed his application in the court of land registration to register and confirm his title to Palmyra Island, Henry Maui and Joseph K. Clark appeared and filed notice therein to the effect that they claimed a certain interest in the island; that they protested against an unqualified title being registered and confirmed in the applicant; and that it was their intention to contest the application at the hearing.

Upon the hearing being had a decree was entered on October 4, 1912, declaring that the applicant was the owner in…