Application of Kelley

OPINION OF THE COURT BY

RICHARDSON, C.J.

On January 30, 1959, Roy and Estelle Kelley petitioned the land court to register title to certain lands situate in the general area known as Kaalawai, Oahu. The Kelleys claimed that the lands were conveyed to them through a chain of title dating back to a grant from the trustees of the Lunalilo Estate to one W. James Smith in 1885.

The question before this Court is whether one of the two parcels sought to be registered, hereinafter referred to as the disputed parcel, was conveyed to the Kelleys’ predecessor in title, Smith, thereby giving Smith’s…