Magoon v. Pioneer Mill Co.

OPINION OF THE COURT BY

HARTWELL, J.

This was an action of ejectment brought February 6, 1901,, to recover possession of about one and one-half acres of land granted Sept. 15, 1851, to Puali by L. C. A. No. 6606, Royal Patent No. 2726, and for $500 damages for its detention. The patentee’s heir, his son, J. L. Napakahi, dying intestate, J. W. Nalua was appointed administrator of the estate September 7, 1888, and Alana was appointed guardian of the property of his .minor child Nealo, a daughter. At a foreclosure sale, April 1, 1889, under Nap'alcahi’s mortgage of October 26, 1887, of certain…