The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1918-06-25
NEWATTAGkS MADE
|. ON WILL OF QUEEN
kuhio's Suits Withdrawn But
Three New Ones Are Filed Oh
Behalf Of AS Many interests

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connection with the estate of Queen
Liliuokalahi when Prince ]. K, Kalani:
anaole withdrew suits to set aside the
win and break the Liliuokalani trust
apparently went glmmerinR yesterday
when no less than three new attacks
| on the will from as many interests were
made i'm three. new suits.
Besides the fact that "Prineess -
Theresa Wilcox Beliveau, who was
| convicted on a charge Of conspiracy in
connection with the estate Yesterday,
is one Of the litigants, one Of the re.
markable things Of the new suits il
he name If another Of the Itipants,
CLOUDS hanging in the twilight
skies" is the lady's first name, or, AZ
I appears ip the petition she fled.
KahakauilakeliimOew ai owaiaulio. Her
last name is Nawahie and she a
known also as Mrs Keawe NawaHe
and also rs Kahakauila. The third
suit was brought by John F. Colburn'
as trustee for the Kawananakoa mi.
| nors, David Kalaknua Kawafanakoa
land Lydia LiHuokalanf Kawahannkoa.
Follow Same Lines
princess Theresa, Mrs. Nawalie
and John COlburn, acting for the Ka.
wananakoa minors, all set up claims
hat they are next of kin to the late
Liliuokalani and in seeking to have set
| lside the will that was executed by the
| Queen December 2, 1909, all Offer the
same allegations.
1t is contended in the suits that the
making Of the will was brought about
through fraud, misrepresentation and
artihee on the part of Col. Curtis
p Iaukea, who was the Queen 8
secretary and who is named in
the viii as administrator. It is al.
legged that the document Is not
the Queens will as the witpesses did
not sign it at the request of Liliuoka-
lani. II is also contended in the three
| suits that the will was not attested by
two competent witnesses and also that
Queen Liliuokalani was not of sound
mind, but was incapable of disposing
= her estate when the will was drawn,
| In view Of the suits started the hear.
ng in the probate court which was to
have been held yesterday was cottin
ded until Thursday to enable trustees
# the Lilihokalani trust and the ad.
riinistrator to answer the new actions.
Colonel Iaukea, the executor and one
Of the trustees, said yesterday that he
did not believe that the courts would
take the three petitions seriously and
expressed the view that the litigation
would not be long drawn out.
Ruhio Steps Out
The fling of the suits yesterday fol-
lows an adjustment Of the controversy
between Prince Kuhio and the trustees
of the Lilipokalani trust which was
reached last Friday afternoon at
conferences Of attorneys representing
Prince Kuhio and attorneys represent.
ing, the trustees. As q result Of this
conference an agreement was fled with
the court and Prince Kuhio formally
withdrew the suits he had started to
set aside the will and break the trust.
In accordance with terms Of the
agreement Prince and Princess Kuhio
yesterday received and filed deeds in.
vOlved IN the agreement. Under its
terms it is also provided that the
trustees shall within twenty one
months dispose of Washington Place
to the Territory for a sum not to ex-
coed $4,000 and If this is not done
in the. term specified, then a corpora
ton is to be Formed to found "Li-
liuokalani Memorial" at Washington
Place. In the event that the Terri.
tory does not acquire the, property and
a corporation as outlined is not formed,
the property will revert to the trustees
Of the estate.
Terms Of Deeds
Under the terms of the two deeds
filed in the Office of the registrar Of
cOnveyanees yesterday, the Prince and
wife get the beach property of the
Queen known as Kealohilani" and
neighbOrhOod and relinquish any and
all claim to the residue, or any 9th
cr part, of the estate of the late Lii
uOkalani.
The first deed is from the Liliuoka-
lani Trust to Kuhio KalanianaoIe and
wife and is based on an agreement of
compromise entered into between the
litigants last Friday. 1t conveys to
the benefciaries the premises known as
" KealOhilani -, being the beach houses
and grounds of the late Queen, having
frontage of 23l.l feet on Kalakaua
Avenue, fronting on the beach, togeth-
rr with an additional strip on the Da
mond Head side having a frontage of
3O2.9 feet; and also the pieces of land
beyond and adjoining the premises of
l.. b. Kerr, having frontage of
y
interests in the sea fisheries known as
d" Hamohamo". Excluded from the
conveyance, however, is cross section,
or strip, opposite Kealohilani Avenue,
having frontage of fifty feet on Ka,
lakaua Avenue, and extending to the
sea and having total area of $500
square feet.
In the second deed Prince Kuhio
and his wife say that in consideration
Of 81 paid to each and the beach prop
erty named in the first deed, they Ore.
mise, release and convey to the said
parties of the second part, trustees of
the Liliuokalani Trust, all the right,
title, interest and claim which they
or either of them may have in or to all
property whatsoever owned or held by
her late Majesty, Queen Liliuokalani,
belonging to or constituting any part
of her own estate at the time of her
death. - This deed also expressly ex.
cludcs the Waikiki property, conveyed
in the first deed.
W. o. Smith, Curtis p. Iaukea and
A. 6. NJ. Robertson signed the con
veyance to Kuhio and his wife, and
the names of Jonah RuhiO Kalaniana.
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