Holt v. Kaaukai

OPINION OF THE COURT BY

JUDD, C.J.,

(Frear, J„ dissenting).

This is ejectment for a portion of the land covered by Royal Patent No. 1774, and Royal Patent 6515, (L. C. A. 7832) at Hamakua, Hawaii. Defendant disclaimed as to three-fourths of the land and claimed title by inheritance as to the other fourth. The Circuit Court, jury waived, found for the plaintiff as to the three-fourths disclaimed and for the defendant as to the other fourth. Plaintiff brings the case to this Court on Exceptions. The land at one time belonged to one Keaweopala, and upon his death it descended to his son Kaopua and…