The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-02-08
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FOR FIFTY
MILLIONS
AMOdest Claim to
Great Part of
Honolulu.
JUNIUS kAAE Is
AFTER A FORTUNE
Revival of an Old Action in
Which Clarence Ashford Was
Once Attorney.
- IFTY million dollars worth of

- IFTY million dollars worth of
~ of Honolulu is what Junius Kaae
will seek to obtain titles for in the Cir
cult Court. A local negro lawyer Will
engineer this suit involving a Monte
days motion will be filed in the Cir
cult Court asking that the matter or
the estate of Keliiahonui, deceased. be
set for a hearing. Junius Kaae is the
plaintiff in the action, which was sew
eral times before the Circuit Court dur
ing the monarchical period. The over
throw of the monarchy interrupted the
proceedings, and nothing whatever has
been done since that time. Clarence
W. Ashford was then the attorney for
the plaintiff, but in 1895 he left the
country and has not b@en in Honolulu
since
This suit, involving the stupendous
amount given above, includes all the
far as Pacific Heights; thence across
the foothills to Lunalilo Home. thence
in straight line to the ocean; the
fourth side being the ocean shore to
the mouth of Nuuanu stream. When
the suit was begun dozen years ago
the property was valuable, but has adj
yanced in value ten-fold since them
At that time there were no imposing
al
story buildings, magnificent structures
in course of erection, public improve
ments, both Territorial and Federal,
which have caused real estate in the
business and residence sections as well,
included in the suit, to rise in value,
until a conservative estimate placed
thereon yesterday, gave il an aggre-
gate vale of at least s50,000,00O.
The case is that of KeliiahoDui, de-
ceased whose viii was filed in the Cir
cult Court in 1855. The action by kaae
was brought before Chief Justice Judd
on June %, 1890. His petition gave the
following informatiOn That he was the
executor Of the estate of Kamehaoal-
ami Nahimi and one OF the heirs OF
KeeIiihonui, who died on or about June
%, 1919. The old petition now on file in
the Circuit court contains InS
tion that the will or document was
fled by one L. Haalelea with the petit
tion that the document was the last
win and testament of the said Kelii
honui, and praying that the same
might be admitted to probate as such.
The petitioner stated upon information
and belief that the paper admitted to
probate was not the last viii and testa-
ment but that il was a forged instru-
ment. and was made or forged by the
said J.. HaaleIea, long after the death
of Keliihonui, and but a few days be-
fore its presentation to the court.
Kaae claims that the signature Of the
deceased was forged TO the paper, as
well as the body Of the instrument. He
also makes the allegation that evidence
has been produced that there never was
a viii and that the same was not sign
ed by any of the Witnesses until a long
time after the death Of Keliihonui. He
alleges that Haalelea was admitted 70
testify contrary to all rules Of evi-
dence; that said paper was admitted 10
probate on the testimony of the sub
scribing witness who did not see the
sign it, and did not hear him
It and the contents he did
not know The contention is made that
no will was ever found The petitioner
said the estate was Of great value and
that it had all passed into the hands
Of /. Faalelea.
In showing his qualifications 20 BRING
the suit, the petitioner stated that ke-
Iiihonui died leaving surviving him his
widow. Kekanonohi, who Afterwards
L. HaaIelea, and she died
without issue before Mr. Haaleles He
also left a sister, Nahimu, who was
married to Oliver Chaplin, their issue
heine three children. Kalanaipihaua
and Kaeo were dead when the suit was
brought.
Kamehaokalani, the remaining sur
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