Hanuna v. Unna

Decision of

Judd, C.J.

This is an action of ejectment to recover possession of some fourteen acres of land at Hana, Island of Maui, described- in Royal Patent No. 4878, to Kaihe. The plaintiff disclaims as to seven 18-100th acres, being the mauka half, which he admits is-held by the defendant under a lease for twenty years from Kaihe, the patentee, dated September, 1866.

As to the remaining half, plaintiff claims title under , a lease for eight years from the 10th of October, 1883, dated the 28th of March, 1883, recorded the 26th of May, 1883, from Kailinoe (w.). and her husband Wm.-Needham, and…