Lowrey v. Territory

OPINION OP THE COURT BY

BALLOU, J.

The plaintiffs brought an action against the Territory under R. L. Sec. 2000 to recover the sum of $15,000, alleging a breach by the Territory of an agreement made in 1849 between the Kingdom of Hawaii and the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions, the petitioners claiming to be successors of the board; the agreement in effect being that in consideration that the American Board would relinquish to the government its claim to certain land at Lahainaluna and transfer to the government the seminary buildings, furniture, books and apparatus therein,…