Ishida v. Naumu

OPINION OB’ THE COURT BY

COKE, C. J.

Tlie appellee Sonosaburo Isbida instituted a suit in tbe circuit court of the first judicial circuit “to enforce trust” and to be decreed the owner of a dwelling house and lot situated on Dement Street, Honolulu. From a decree granting the prayer of appellee’s petition George K. Naumu, one of the respondents, has appealed to this court.

In August, 1924, Ishida was married to Sawa Okubo. At the time of his marriage and for many years prior to that event Ishida was employed as a cook on sailing vessels in the lumber trade, plying between Hawaii and the Puget…