Lucweiko v. Territory of Hawaii

OPINION OF THE COURT BY

HARTWELL, J.

This is an action of covenant in which the plaintiffs claim of the defendant the sum of $1500 for breach of a covenant in a conveyance of land made by the plaintiffs to the defendant, and expressed as follows:

“In consideration of the foregoing grant of the said above *31described premises to the Territory of Hawaii, I, Sanford B. Hole, Governor of the Territory of Hawaii, do hereby covenant and agree with the said Frank Lucweiko, his heirs and assigns, that I will secure to the said Frank Lucweiko a conveyance to him by the Trustees of the Bishop Estate of…