Buckley v. Monsarrat

OPINION OF THE COURT BY

WHITING, J.

This case was presented under Sec. 1140 of Civil Laws as amended by Act 18, Session Laws 1898, on a submission of case without action. The facts out of which the controversy arises, as stated in the submission, are as follows:

On the 1st day of June, 1882, M. D. Monsarrat intermarried *266with one Florence E. Luce and she became his wife in accordance with the laws of the Hawaiian Islands. At the date of his marriage with the said Florence E. Luce, the said M. D. Monsarrat was possessed of or owned an estate in fee simple consisting of an undivided one-fifth share…