Kalaeokekoi v. Wailuku Sugar Co.

OPINION OP THE COURT BY

HARTWELL, C.J.

The plaintiff "brought ejectment to recover certain parcels of land awarded by early land commission awards and royal patents to IT. Kalama which he claimed to own in fee simple as heir at law and next of kin of Charles Kanaina. The defendant, having pleaded a general denial the cause went to trial upon a stipulation between the parties that for the purposes of this action they admitted a common source of title in Charles Kanaina deceased intestate in 1877.

The plaintiff’s evidence showed that he was a great-great-ogreat-grandson of Charles Kanaina’s uncle,…