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DECISIONS RENDERED

BY THE

Supreme Court of the Hawaiian Islands

ADMIRALTY, CRIMINAL, DIVORCE, EQUITY,

LAW AND PROBATE.

JANUARY TERM, 1887, TO OCTOBER TERM, 1889, INCLUSIVE.

HAWAIIAN REPORTS, VOL. VII.

COMPILED BY THE JUSTICES OF THE SUPREME COURT.

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HONOLULU :

PRINTED BY THE HAWAIIAN GAZETTE CO.

1890.

Justices of the Supreme Court

DURING THE PERIOD COVERED BY THIS VOLUME.

ANTONE ROSA, appointed November 15, 1886; resigned June

28, 1887.

CLARENCE W. ASHFORD, appointed July 1, 1887.

THIS VOLUME is made up of decisions of the Full Court, on appeal or exceptions, for the three years ending with 1889. It has been compiled by the Justices of the Supreme Court, each Justice writing the head-notes of his own decisions. MR. WILLIAM FOSTER has read proof and made the Index.

The Third and Fourth Associate Justices, appointed under Chapter 59, Laws of 1886, have taken part in the decisions reported in this volume. Owing to the severe indisposition of MR. JUSTICE FORNANDER, resulting in his death in November, 1887, he was unable to sit at most of the hearings during his life.

MR. JUSTICE PRESTON died on January 17th, 1890, and the customary memorial notices will appear in the next volume of Reports. Under Chapter 66 of the Laws of 1888, no new appointments can be made until the number of Justices is less. than three.

HONOLULU, March, 1890.