In Re Herrick

OPINION OF THE COURT BY

PERRY, C. J.

On September 20, 1923, James Poore Herrick, claiming to be sole owner, filed an application in the land court to register and confirm his title to certain land situate at Waimanalo on this island: The statutory procedure in such cases having been followed, a decree was entered on December 19, 1923, confirming and registering the title of the applicant. On April 25, 1924, a petition was filed in the land court by one Frank E. Howes praying that the decree he set aside, the proceedings reviewed and the decree modified so as to include only an undivided…