Horner v. Kumuliili

OPINION OP THE COURT BY

JUDD, C.J.

This is a suit brought before Henry Dickenson, Esq., Special Commissioner of Water Rights for the District of Lahaina, Maui, alleging a controversy between plaintiffs and defendants in respect to the amount of water, method and time of its use upon lands owned or held by both parties. The water in question flows from its sources at the head through a deep valley called Kauaula, situated in the rear of the town of Lahaina. The entire stream is taken up and used upon land in the valley on both sides of the stream for irrigating crops of kalo and on the flats…