Land Title, Waimalu

Edith Austin, and others, applied to the land court to have registered in their names the title to certain parcels of land situated at Waimalu, Honolulu, Territory of Hawaii, containing approximately three thousand acres. The appellant L.L. McCandless appeared and asserted ownership in himself of five small parcels within the area sought by applicants to have registered. At the trial in the land court the petitioners conceded Mr. McCandless's claim numbered one. The four remaining claims, however, were the subject of a contest and evidence bearing upon these issues was introduced on behalf of…