Hawaiian Trust Co. v. Galbraith

OPINION OP THE COURT BY

ROBERTSON, C.J.

By the will of tbe late George Galbraith Anne Jane Galbraith was given an annuity of $150 a year, the same being payable to her and her heirs. See 18 Haw. 52. She died unmarried at Belfast, Ireland, on or about the 3rd day of December 1908, leaving surviving her neither child, parent nor grandparent, but leaving as her next of kin surviving her a brother, six nephews, four nieces and three children of a deceased niece. In the case of Aihonua v. Ahi, 6 Haw. 410, it was held by Ohief Justice Judd, that in this jurisdiction under the statute of descent as it…