Kaui v. See Kang

OPINION OF THE COURT BY

ROBERTSON, C.J.

'The plaintiffs brought action in the court below to recover from the defendant rent alleged to be due and, unpaid under a written lease made by Kala, Haiti and Kahaleuki to Yau Lee of certain premises on Punchbowl street, in Honolulu, for the term of twenty years from January 1st, 1900.

At the trial the plaintiffs adduced testimony tending' to prove that the defendant was the person named as lessee in the lease in question; that the lessee entered upon and occupied the demised premises under said lease; that the defendant paid the rent reserved to the…