Jones ex rel. Colburn v. Pooloa

OPINION OF THE COURT BY

JUDD, C.J.

This is an action of ejectment to obtain possession of certain land on King street, Honolulu, awarded to one Louis Gravier by Land Commission Award No. 689. The principal plaintiffs are the grandchildren of the said Gravier, who died in Honolulu in 1849, their mother being one Elizabeth Gravier, daughter of said Louis Gravier who afterwards married one Perley. Elizabeth was sent to the United States by her guardian when *756she was seven years old, lived in Massachusetts, married there, had children, Agnes, Edith, and Katherine (plaintiffs) and died intestate in…