Green v. Pope

Decision of

Harris, C.J.

It is alleged by this bill that the defendant Pope executed an instrument on the 8th of February last, which is called, throughout these proceedings, an agreement to sell the property in question, and which partly reads as follows: “For the consideration hereafter mentioned and one dollar, George Pope *236hereby sells to W. L. Green, all the property of his plantation at Waipunaléi, District of Hilo, Hawaii, consisting of, etc.”

The defendant Pope in his answer admits that he signed the instrument, but says that he did so under the belief that it was a mere basis for the…