Legal Opinion

Peck v. Bailey

Hawaii Supreme Court

Decided February 4, 1867PublishedCited by 27 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

*659The complainants in this bill allege that they are the owners of a sugar plantation and mill, situated on the Wailuku river, on the Island of Maui, and that the said river continues its whole course through their plantation, and has so flowed from time immemorial, from which are two lateral water courses, which supply water for the use of the said mill and plantation, and which they are entitled fully to enjoy. The complainants further allege that their title is derived almost entirely from the konohiki of the Ahupuaa of Wailuku, whom they allege had the right of lord paramount over the…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Tyler v. WilkinsonU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Rhode Island · 1827

3Cited by27 opinions

  1. In Re Water Use Permit ApplicationsHawaii Supreme Court · 2000
  2. Association of Apartment Owners of Wailea Elua v. Wailea Resort Co.Hawaii Supreme Court · 2002
  3. Robinson v. AriyoshiHawaii Supreme Court · 1982
  4. McBRYDE SUGAR COMPANY, LIMITED v. RobinsonHawaii Supreme Court · 1973
  5. Hawaiian Commercial & Sugar Co. v. Wailuku Sugar Co.Hawaii Supreme Court · 1904

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