Fruean v. Craddick

LT No. 40-85

The plaintiffs are the senior matai of the respective Vaivao, Fuga, and Taito families of Pago Pago. They sue to enjoin the defendant, Douglas Craddick, from encroaching on a certain land area which they claim is a part of that communal land of their families known as "Fusi." They further petition to quiet title, and in addition they seek compensation for unspecified damage to the land.

Craddick, on the other hand, claims that the disputed area is freehold land,1 being a portion of the old Foster estate "Logopesega."2 The Territorial Registrar’s records reflect that in the late…