McBRYDE SUGAR COMPANY, LIMITED v. Robinson

*176OPINION OF THE COURT BY

ABE, J.

This is an appeal from the judgment of the Circuit Court of the Fifth Circuit, which determined the water rights of parties who are owners of land situated in the Hanapepe Valley on the Island of Kauai. The trial lasted from May 5 through August 17, 1965. The record of this case includes transcript of testimony of witnesses comprising 5,485 pages and voluminous documentary exhibits.

In arriving at its decision, the trial court first determined the number of acres of land owned by the respective parties, which had been under taro cultivation at the time of the Land…