Molokai Ranch, Ltd. v. Morris

OPINION OF THE COURT BY

LE BARON, J.

The Molokai Ranch, Limited, brought ejectment against the defendants for restitution of a certain parcel of land situated at Maalehua on the island of Molokai, upon which the defendants were and are now living.

In addition to a general denial, the defendants interposed two alleged equitable defenses. Throughout the proceedings before the lower court, as well as on appeal, the attorney for the defendants argued that an oral contract, enforceable in equity, between the parties for the sale and purchase of the property in question, existed as the primary basis…