His Majesty Kalakaua v. Keaweamahi
Hawaii Supreme Court
HEARD BY EULL COURT BY CONSENT. The dependants demurred to the bill on the ground of laches, and that the Statute of Limitations was shown to have run.
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HEARD BY EULL COURT BY CONSENT. The dependants demurred to the bill on the ground of laches, and that the Statute of Limitations was shown to have run. The bill claimed relief for fraud committed by W. L. Moehonua, the ancestor of the defendants, on the plaintiffs’ grantee in September, 1851, by inserting in certain portions of a Land Commission award the name' ol said Moehonua, so that the same appeared to be an award to Moehonua, though in fact intended to be made to or for Moelionua’s wife, the ancestor of the,plaintiffs’ grantee. And the plaintiffs claim that the Statute of Limitations,…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion of the- Court'by
Austin, J.
Tbe question in this case comes before the full Court by consent on a demurrer to tbe bill of complaint.
The bill alleges in substance that the defendants, except D. K. Fyfe, are the heirs at law of William L. Moehonua, late of Honolulu, deceased; that in the year 1848 or thereabouts the said Moehonua married one Kaunuohua, who died intestate without issue in 1849 ; that letters of administration were issued upon her estate to- said W. L. Moehonua on the 13th day of March, 1852 ; that said Moehonua died in September, 1878, never having filed any accounts as…
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