McCandless v. Waiahole Water Co.

OPINION OF THE COURT BY

COKE, C. J.

This case involves the ownership of a certain lculeana containing an area of 2.5 acres situated at Waikane, Island of Oahu. The lculeana was originally awarded by the government to Kahinu under land commission award number 5656 and is within the outer boundaries of the ahupuaa of Waikane, the latter having been granted to Edward O. Hall and Henry Diamond by royal patent number 464. Kuleana number 5656, together with numerous other kuleanas within the ahupuaa, was expressly reserved from the grant to Hall and Diamond. Subsequently, and in the year 1863, Hall…