In re Estate of Nakuapa

Allen, C. J.:

A petition for Letters of Administration of the estate of Nakuapa was presented to the Chief Justice, sitting in Probate, by Keahi, who claimed to be a cousin of the decedent. At the hearing various claimants appeared, and among them Kaaoaopa, who claimed the estate and the right to administer upon it, as an adppted daughter of Nakuapa, alleging that the adoption was made before any law requiring adoptions to be made in writing. The Chief Justice, sitting in Probate, having heard the testimony offered, decided that Kaaoaopa was not an'adopted child of decedent, from which…