Kapuakela v. Iaea

Opinion of the Court, by

Judd, C.J.

On the 8th December, 1893, one Pilipo, a few days before his death, made a voluntary conveyance to the defendant Iaea for the nominal consideration of one dollar and his affection to said Iaea, reciting him as his foster son. The land conveyed is situate in Waiau, Ewa, Oahu, having been granted by Royal Patent No. 168 to one Liliu in 1851. The *556land was in possession of the grantor at the time of the conveyance and had been so for many years. Later the defendant Iaea conveyed this land among other parcels, to Cecil Brown, Esq., as trustee to secure a-sum of…