The Hawaiian gazette., 1917-11-16
lNCOURT
over ESTATE OF
. QUEEN PROMISED
Filing Of Two wills 70 Mark
Start Of Many-Sided
! 49, Legal Clash
TEMPORARY ADMINISTRATION
TO BE NAMED BY COURT
Litigation In Prospect over
+. Washington Place Has
-. Many Angles

BIZ, Many Angles
/ The viii which Queen Lilinokalani
executed in 1900, about the time she
also executed the Liiiuokalani Trust
deed, viii be offered for probate, now
that another document purporting to be
a will is in the firld, the lattcr said 70
have beer signed on August 20, 1917,
and naming john +, Colburn as sole ex.
eeutor of her estate. No action il TO be
taken this week while the Queen 4 ro-
mains lie above ground, but the moment
they are in the Royal Mausoleum crypt
the legal battle over her estate viii
commence. #
Many Interests CLASH
II viii be many sided, with mary At
torneys engaged, and with cxpenres
running M at an alarming rate. The
attorneys representing the f.iliuokalani
Trust trustees and those representing
John f. Colburn have declared a truce
Tor the present, following a consultn
tion'in which Mr.. Colburn was present
and was eonsnlted ms 20 the funeral ar
engagements. These having already
been made and along lines which he
haq IN mind, nothing In the way of "
terations was suggested except a koa
casket. .,.,'t 49,. n 4
I ~ demanded that our Queen be
buried eneased in the wooden walls Of
he koa which has always enclosed the
bodies of our dead soyereigns, - said
Mr. Colbnrn yesterday.
Furthermore, we have will. The
signature is genuine. II must be %
garded as authentic, else why SHOULD
the court demand a bond when any Of
the Queens property il 10 be handled
as In the case Of the crown. We are
responsible, under the terms Of this
will hold. 49,
Clash Approaching
( Therefore, on Monday next, IL not
earlier, two wills will be filed in court
Tor probate, and within a few DAYS
after the Queen s burial the court files
viii be filled with documents, demur-
rers and other papers.
UndopbtediF IN HNII - rlI1rEFHHfS
. temporary adII fNI|I 81 I410|. +. n
current busiIl 3 ||'t.. 4. Sd. |.'||h
iisfaetgry- g q sf,|l Is.
" yet 20 ne e9nsidercd The. claims OF
Prinee kuhio, as an heir at law. while
y ~ certain that still another phase Of
legal battle will be projected TO pro.
,teet the rights Of the heirs of the late
.John Dominis, who died a few months
ago. leaving widow and two chill iren.
The Queen gave Washington Place
10 Dominis. The trust declared that
litter his death II should 20 to his law
tnl heirs ms the law permitsv. This
was life interest. II is understood
hat Attorney Z. G. Peters Is pfeoarci
to defend the rights Of Mrs. Syb{f Ijo.
minis on behalf Of the Dominis ELL.
dren. 1,g1
inherited Property
The queer feature about possible
litigation involving Washington Place
Is that this property was not originally
the Queens nor of any of her family
IL was not any part Of her ancestral
The property was owned
by Captain Dominis, father Of her hns.
band. IL came into possession Of her
husband on the death of his father
AT the death Of John Dominis he willed
the property OF Liliuokalani.
There Is wonder Expressed us 10 how
the Queen could have, signed will on
August 20 and IL she did, how she
could have understood its provisions
md yet il is said she read over parts
,sked that corrections be made ani
finally an entire will was prepared ana
she Is reported to have signed il. but
not to the personal knowledge Of Mr..
OOlburn's attorneys.
Prince Kuhio win be represented by
Attorneys John Catheart, ID. l.. With.
tngton and Joseph b. Lightfoot.
Trusts have not been broken much in
HAWAII and there is little precedent in
the courts TO intimate that the Liliuo-
kaloni trust win be.
Another Claimant
Mrs. Theresa Wilcox Belliveau \
name is frequently mentioned in the
list of the various contests-to be, and
4 is said she claims also 10 be an heir
the Queen because Of closer rela-
tionship than that of Prince Kuhio. II
has never been previously known that
Mrs. Belliveau had any relationship
which could give her the right Co be
a property contestant and Prince Ku.
hio is second cousin Of Liliuokalahi.
His mother, Princess Kekaulike, and
queen Kapiolani, consort of King KaY
aksua, were Sisters.
Still another angle may be figured
on in the courts over the Queens rs.
ate in the persons Of Prince Kalaknna,
nd the little Processes Kapiolani and
NLiliuokalani, daughters of the late
Prince David Kawananakoa, and Prin-
'ess Abigail p. Kawananakoa. The
Young prince Is attending school in