Kailianu v. Lumai

Opinion op the Court,by

Judd, C.J.

This case is presented on a bill of exceptions from the Circuit Court of the Fourth Judicial Circuit. It is an action of ejectment to recover land described in Royal Patent number 4823, to Naehu, situated at Kapaia, in Hanamaulu, Kauai. The plain*509tiffs put in their cáse tendihg to show that they were the great-grand-daughters of the patentee, Naehu. Among the evidence for the defense was a certified transcript of certain proceedings had in probate before the late Circuit Judge McBryde. They were in substance a petition by Lumai that he be…