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HAPAI v. BROWN

No. 120.

239 U.S. 502 (1916)

36 S.Ct. 201

60 L.Ed. 407

HAPAI v. BROWN.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided January 10, 1916.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Lorrin Andrews for plaintiff in error.

Mr. A.A. Wilder, with whom Mr. Alexander Britton, Mr. Evans Browne and Mr. F.W. Clements were on the brief, for defendant in error.

MR. JUSTICE HOLMES delivered the opinion of the court.

This is a bill to quiet title to an undivided 29/36 of the ahupuaa of Koanoulu, a large tract of land in the Island of Maui, Territory of Hawaii. The plaintiffs claim through the children of one Keaka other than one daughter, Paakuku, through whom the defendants claim the whole tract.

One of the defences was res judicata. The proceeding relied upon as having decided the relative rights of the parties...

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