Legal Opinion

Cooke Trust Co. v. Kam Hon Ho

Hawaii Supreme Court

Decided October 4, 1972No. 5162; No. 5115; No. 5117PublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

*36OPINION OF THE COURT BY

LEVINSON, J.

In a will duly executed and attested on February 28, 1935, Ho Poi made the following disposition:

I do hereby give, devise and bequeath to my lawfully begotten children, surviving me at the time of my death, share and share alike, all of my property, real, personal or mixed and wheresoever situate, of which I am possessed or to which I may be entitled at the time of my death.

When he died on May 29, 1941, Ho Poi was survived by 17 children. The circuit court at chambers, in an order dated December 18, 1970 and which included a determination of devisees…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Ellis v. CrockettHawaii Supreme Court · 1969
  2. Glover v. FongHawaii Supreme Court · 1958
  3. Honolulu Investment Co. v. RowlandHawaii Supreme Court · 1902
  4. In re the Determination & Declaration of Heirs of Ho Chang SheeHawaii Supreme Court · 1964

3Cited by2 opinions

  1. Kauhane v. Acutron Co., Inc.Hawaii Supreme Court · 1990
  2. Pearson v. Boise CityIdaho Supreme Court · 1959

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