Williams v. Boeynaems

OPINION OP THE COURT BY

COKE, C. J.

• This is a suit in equity for the rescission and cancellation of two certain deeds. The history of the transaction sought to he annulled is as follows so far as it is necessary to now refer to it. On and prior to April 17, 1886, Carrie Kaaukai was the owner of a certain tract of land situated at Kainakela, Honolulu, Oahu, described in B. P. 1969, L. C. A. 863; that at the same time the Rt. Bev. Dr. Herman Kockemann, Bishop of Olba, Yicar Apostolic of the Hawaiian Islands, as trustee for the Catholic Church of the Hawaiian Islands, was the owner of a certain…