Kaahanui v. Kaohi

OPINION OF THE COURT BY

QUARLES, J.

This is an action to qniet title under the statute. The plaintiff claims in his complaint title to all of a certain described tract of land which descended from Piko, the original awardee, who died intestate in 1853, leaving no children surviving him, the land going one-half to his wife who survived him and the other half to four nepheAvs and nieces, of whom the plaintiff is one. The widow died soon after the death of Piko leaving surviving her a daughter, Pakina, from whom the defendant has succeeded to the *362one-half interest inherited by his grandmother from…