Dowsett v. Maukeala

OPINION OP THE COURT, BY

JUDD, C.J.

Eor a statement of the plaintiff’s title, see Dowsett v. Maukeala et al., 9 Haw. 233. On the last trial of this case the Circuit Judge presiding charged the jury that the evidence *167showed that the entry of the defendants or their ancestors was, a permissive one, they holding subject to the chief or konohiki, and that there was no evidence to establish their possession as adverse to the plaintiff, and the jury returned a verdict for plaintiff without leaving their seats. The case comes to us on a bill of exceptions. The first part of the bill is objectionable…