Nawahi v. Hakalau Plantation Co.

OPINION OF THE COURT BY

PREAR, C.J.

This is an action of trespass for $20,000 for removing a crop of sugar cane from certain lands belonging to the plaintiff. The only question is whether the defendant was entitled to the crop under the law of emblements. Tbe question comes here on an exception to a ruling of the trial Judge sustaining tbe-defendant’s demurrer and dismissing the plaintiff’s action. •

The defendant bad been in possession under a'lease made by tbe guardian of tbe plaintiff (then a minor) for ten years from July 1, 1897, but tbe minor upon coming of age notified the defendant, in…