In re Vida

This is a petition for an assignment of Dower in the estate of F. R. Vida, deceased, under the following facts:

The deceased came to his death in September last, leaving a valuable leasehold estate in Honolulu, for the term of two hundred and ninety-nine years, two hundred and seventy-seven of which remain unexpired. In this estate, the petitioner, widow of the deceased, claims her dower; and it being encumbered by several mortgages, to which the widow is not a party, the mortgagees step forward and deny the right of her claim, on the ground that the estate being nothing more than a leasehold,…