Pelekini v. Kaulalii

Opinion of the Court, by

Judd, C.J.

This case comes to us on the defendant’s appeal on the law involved.

The plaintiff claims $80, rent for two years, of the land in question, situated at Kalihi, Oahu, under a lease made on the 1st August, 1870, for twenty years at $40 per year. The lessor conveyed the leased premises to his wife through a third party, and also mortgaged the same, which mortgage has been fore. *8closed, and the plaintiff is the purchaser at the mortgage sale.

The lessee paid all rents upon the said property up to the time of the alienation. The question is whether or not the lessee…