Legal Opinion

In re the Estate of Bishop

Hawaii Supreme Court

Decided February 1, 1917No. 972PublishedCited by 4 opinions

Appeal prom Circuit Judge, First Circuit. Hon. C. W. Ashford, Judge.

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION OP THE COURT BY

QUARLES, J.

In the will of Bernice P. Bishop, after making a number of devises and bequests, the testatrix devised the residue of her estate to five trustees therein appointed, to be held and used by them in the erection and maintenance in the Hawaiian Islands of two schools, one for boys and one for girls, to be called the Kamehameha Schools, a portion of the income for each year to be devoted to the support and education of orphans and others in indigent circumstances, giving the preference to Hawaiians of pure and part aboriginal blood. The estate is very large and of…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. His Majesty Kalakaua v. KeaweamahiHawaii Supreme Court · 1883
  2. Davis v. BrewerHawaii Supreme Court · 1872
  3. Wei See v. Young SheongHawaii Supreme Court · 1873
  4. In re the Estate of His Late Majesty LunaliloHawaii Supreme Court · 1874
  5. Tucker v. JuddHawaii Supreme Court · 1870

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3Cited by4 opinions

  1. Kekoa Ex Rel. Enomoto v. Supreme CourtHawaii Supreme Court · 1973
  2. In re the Trust Estate of CarterHawaii Supreme Court · 1918
  3. Kekoa Ex Rel. Enomoto v. Supreme CourtHawaii Supreme Court · 1973
  4. Kekoa Ex Rel. Enomoto v. Supreme CourtHawaii Supreme Court · 1973

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