Kuanalewa v. Kipi

Opinion op the Court, by

Preston, J.

This is an action of ejectment brought to recover possession of two pieces of land situate at Waipio, Ewa, Island of Oahu, comprised in Royal Patent No. 807, and which the plaintiffs claimed in fee, the said Kuanalewa to three-eighths thereof by descent and purchase, and the said Namokueha to one-eighth thereof by purchase, and to the other half thereof by reason of adverse possession for a term of twenty years and over of said plaintiffs and the ancestors of said Kuanalewa.

The cause was tried before McCully, J., and a native jury at the last October Term,…