Kaleialii v. Sullivan

OPINION OF THE COURT BY

WATSON, J.

This action, to quiet title to a parcel of land situate on Hotel street in Honolulu, was tried by the court, jury waived, and was submitted below on the pleadings and the evidence and briefs presented by the respective parties. It comes here on reserved questions which require the construction of a certain deed in the Hawaiian language, *39executed by Alexander Adams, Jr., to his two daughters, Peke and Maria. A translation of the material parts of the deed, as agreed to by the parties, is as follows:

“This deed is an absolute conveyance of land made this 15th day…