Kamehameha v. Kahookano

Judge Robertson

delivered the judgment of the Court as follows:

This is an action of trespass, brought at the last October Term of this Court, by the plaintiff, Prince Lot Kamehameha, *119to recover damages from the defendants for cutting down a fence and entering upon a certain premises, the property of the plaintiff, situated in the town of Lahaina, and known as the “ Hoapili premises.” The defendants admitted the plaintiff’s ownership, and their entry upon the premises, as alleged ; but filed a plea of justification on the ground that there is a public right of way over the premises in question.…