Hayselden v. Lincoln

Citations

• 24 Haw. 169
• 1917 Haw. LEXIS 1

Syllabus

<p>Ejectment — pleading—proof.</p> <p>The plaintiff in ejectment must describe in his complaint the premises which he seeks to recover with certainty and he must prove title to the land so described.</p> <p>Deeds — description of premises conveyed.</p> <p>The description of the premises conveyed by a deed must be sufficiently definite and certain to enable the land to be identified, otherwise it will be void for uncertainty.</p> <p>Same — uncertainty in description.</p> <p>A deed conveying a number of pieces' of property, which describes one piece of property as “the house lot at Halakaa, Lahaina, Territory ,of Hawaii,” without reference to any other deed, instrument or existing, condition capable of ascertainment for the purpose of identifying such house-lot, is void for uncertainty.</p>