In Re the Estate of Mansbridge

OPINION OF THE COURT BY

BANKS, J.

This case comes up. on a reserved question. It appears from the record that Rowland Mansbridge, on the 21st day of September, 1924, executed his last will and testament nominating the Bishop Trust Company, Limited, as executor. The testator died in the City and County of Honolulu, on the 27th day of September, 1924, leaving property, both real and personal, of considerable value, in the Territory of Hawaii. On the 8th day of October, 1924, the Bishop Trust Company, Limited, filed a- petition in the circuit court of the first judicial circuit, praying that the…