Souza v. Sociedade Lusitana Beneficente De Hawaii

OPINION OP THE JUSTICES BY

QUARLES, J.

The agreed case shows among other things that Manuel Gaetano Baptista, hereinafter called the deceased, married the mother of plaintiffs when the plaintiff Eliza Cabral Souza was seven years of age and the plaintiff Belina Cabral Jagoe (formerly Costa) was an infant in arms. The deceased cared for the plaintiffs as his own children, reared and educated them during their infancy and until their respective marriages, and entertained an affection for them. He was for many years a member of the defendant society and in good standing as such when he died.…