Carter v. Territory of Hawaii
Hawaii Supreme Court
Exceptions from Circuit Court, First Circuit.
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OP THE COURT BY
GALBRAITH, J.
Tlie plaintiffs commenced these actions under Section 96 of the Organic Act for the purpose of establishing an exclusive right to the fisheries of "Waialae-iki and Moanalua, Island of Oahu.
In .the first case the plaintiffs as trustees of. the Bishop Estate, claim a vested right as sole and exclusive owners in fee simple of the sea fishery, same not being a pond or artificial enclosure-, situated within the reef adjoining the land of ’Whialae-iki, setting out a description by metes and bounds; and further allege in the-ir petition that plaintiffs’ claim…
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