Hapai v. Brown

OPINION OP THE COURT BY

PERRY, J.

In a statutory action to quiet title to the ahupuaa of Kaonoulu on the Island of Maui instituted by the present plaintiffs in error the plaintiffs claimed certain undivided interests under the will of one Keaka. The trial court held that under the will the whole ahupuaa was devised in fee to one Paakuku under whom the defendants, now defendants in error, claim. On appeal this ruling was reversed, this court holding that the devise was to Paakuku and her brothers and sisters (the plaintiffs claiming under the brothers and sisters) as tenants in common.' Ante,p.…