Waianae Co. v. Kaiwilei

OPINION OP THE COURT BY

COKE, J.

In the year 1875, Hnlupii, the patentee of a tract of land situated at Waianae, Island of Oahu, containing about 1.27 acres, by deed transferred the land to Papiano (k) and Kainaka (w), husband and wife. This tract of land is for all intents and purposes composed of two lots. The lower or makai lot is joined to the upper or mauka lot by a short connecting strip about eight feet in width. For the purposes of this opinion the land will be considered as two separate lots and referred to as the makai lot and the mauka lot as the context shall require. Some time…