In re Macfarlane

OPINION OF THE COURT BY

JUDD, C.J.

We subjoin'the decision of tbe Circuit Judge appealed from and adopt its statement of tbe pleadings and of the facts found from the evidence.

“This is a petition that a writ of mandamus be issued to J. B. Castle, Collector-General of Customs, commanding him to register the Steamship ‘China’ in his office as a Hawaiian vessel and to issue to petitioner a certificate of such -registry, tbe allegations of tbe petition being in brief: that petitioner is a Hawaiian citizen and is the sole owner of the said steamship; that on the 2d day of July last said steamship,…