Long v. Holt

*199OPINION OP THE COURT BY

WILDER, J.

This is a summary possession action brought by plaintiff in the' district court of Ewa, Oahu, to forfeit a lease held by defendants of certain lands in Waianae and to recover possession of said lands, the ground of forfeiture being a breach of covenant to pay the taxes on the land. The lease was made on November 22, 1862, by W. A. Aldrich, executor of the last will and testament of JR;. W. Holt, deceased, to John Dominis Holt, for the-period of the natural life of the lessee. The defendants are-the present holders of the lease, some of them being subtenants…