Paris v. Kealoha

OPINION OP THE COURT BY

JUDD, C.J.

This is an action to quiet the title in certain lands in Kona, Hawaii, described in Royal Patents (Grants) Nos. 865 and 1176. It was beard by tbe Circuit Court, jury waived, who found for tbe plaintiff. Defendant’s bill of exceptions raises bnt one question; — the validity of the adoption of one Kahikina by one Nakookoo. Both parties claim title through the said Nakookoo. The papers claimed by plaintiff to have effectuated the said adoption are as follows:

(Petition.) “To the Honorable R. G. Davis, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court, in Probate. The…