Territory of Hawaii v. Hutchinson Sugar Plantation Co.
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Appeal from the Supreme Court of the Territory of Hawaii. Proceeding by the Territory of Hawaii to register and confirm its title to the Ahupuaa of Kioloku, in the District of Kau, Island and County of Plawaii, Territory of Hawaii, opposed by the Hutchinson Sugar Plantation Company. Judgment of dismissal was affirmed by the Supreme Court of the Territory, and the Territory appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
GIEBERT, Circuit Judge.
On October 1, 1913, the territory of Hawaii, the appellant herein, filed in the land court of the territory a petition for the registration of its alleged title in and to the Ahupuaa of Kioloku, district of Kau, island of Hawaii, containing 850 acres, claiming to own the said land and the highways crossing the same in fee simple. The petition alleged that the land was in the class of unassigned lands — that is to say, that it had never been awarded, patented, or granted to any person or persons, and was consequently the property of the government; and the petitioner…
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