Kuala v. Kuapahi
Hawaii Supreme Court
Appeal from Circuit Judge, Fifth Circuit.
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT BY
FREAR, C.J.
This is a bill in equity to quiet title. The plaintiff admits that the defendant has the record or paper title, but contends that she has acquired a title by adverse possession. The entire controversy, as shown by the pleadings, the evidence, the opinion of the Circuit Judge and the arguments of counsel, turns *301on the question of 'adverse possession. The plaintiff’s right or title has not been adjudicated in a court of law. If this is a proper case for equity, then any one claiming by adverse possession may have the question tried and determined in a suit in…
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