Kahanaiki v. Kohala Sugar Co.

Decision of

Judd, C.J.

This is an action of ejectment begun at the July Term, 1887, but only brought to a hearing on the 2d April, 1888. The plaintiff claims to be entitled in fee simple by purchase to a tract of land situate in Apuakohau and Kuhuiwaluhia, North Kohala, Hawaii, consisting of 134.25 acres granted to one Kahoe by Royal Patent No. 2053, and the possession of which is unlawfully withheld from her by the defendant corporation. The plaintiff introduced in evidence a copy of the will of Kahoe, the grantee of the Government, claiming that it devised this estate to one Kanakanui, and…