Moranho v. De Aguiar

Citations

• 25 Haw. 267
• 1919 Haw. LEXIS 13

Syllabus

<p>Deeds — rules of construction — favoring validity.</p> <p>An instrument intended to operate as a deed should so operate if it is not legally impossible for it to do so.</p> <p>Tenancy in Common — Hawaiian hui — shareholders are tenants in common.</p> <p>The members of a Hawaiian land hui are tenants in common of its lands in proportion to their respective ownership of shares.</p>