Castle v. Kapiolani Estate, Ltd.

OPINION OF THE COURT BY

HARTWELL, J.

This was ejectment by Ai and Castle, trustee. At tbe close *62of the plaintiffs’ case, Ai was non-suited. At the close of the ■evidence the court on motion directed a verdict for the defendant “on the ground that the evidence shows an estoppel by former judgment,” to which ruling the plaintiff excepted.

The former judgment was in an action of ejectment for the land claimed in this case brought by the present defendant against Castle and Weaver and Iloogs. The defendant, Castle, filed a general denial, but the defendants, AYeaver and Iloogs, Castle’s tenants,…