Hudson v. Pacific Trust Co.

HEALY, Circuit Judge.

This case is here on appeal from a judgment of the Supreme Court of the Territory of Hawaii reversing a judgment of the territorial circuit court and ordering a dismissal.

From the petition filed in the trial court it is made to appear that about the year 1880 one Emil Wery married an Hawaiian woman whose given name was Hattie. Three children were born of this marriage, Emily Wery Hudson, Julius Wery, and William Wery. In 1895 Emil Wery acquired a long-term lease of certain property in Hilo. This lease was productive of substantial revenue, and it is claimed that the…