QUEEN'S HOSPITAL v. HITE, TRUSTEE, ET AL.

No. 2750.

38 Haw. 494 (1950)

THE QUEEN'S HOSPITAL, A HAWAIIAN CORPORATION v. CHARLES M. HITE, TRUSTEE UNDER THE WILL AND OF THE ESTATE OF EMMA KALELEONALANI, DECEASED, THE PROTESTANT EPISCOPAL CHURCH IN THE HAWAIIAN ISLANDS AND WALTER D. ACKERMAN, JR., ATTORNEY GENERAL OF HAWAII.

Supreme Court of Hawai`i.

Decided May 3, 1950.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J.G. Anthony (Robertson, Castle & Anthony on the briefs) for appellant.

H.R. Hewitt (R.D. Welsh with him on the brief) for appellee Charles M. Hite, trustee.

Austin W. Scott, Professor, Harvard Law School, of counsel, also filed a brief on behalf of appellee Charles M. Hite, trustee.

M. Sapienza, Deputy Attorney General, filed a brief in behalf of appellee Walter D. Ackerman, Jr., Attorney General.

KEMP, C.J., LE BARON AND TOWSE, JJ.


OPINION OF THE COURT BY LE BARON, J.

The amended petition of The Queen's Hospital, an eleemosynary corporation, by count one seeks complete distribution of corpus of the trust created by paragraph thirteen of the will of Her Late Majesty, Dowager Queen Emma Kaleleonalani, and by count two partial distribution. It alleges inter alia that the St. Andrew's Priory, an eleemosynary institution owned and operated by The Protestant Episcopal Church in the Hawaiian...

Let's get started

Leagle.com

Welcome to the leading source of independent legal reporting
Sign on now to see your case.
Or view more than 10 million decisions and orders.

  • Updated daily.
  • Uncompromising quality.
  • Complete, Accurate, Current.

Listed below are the cases that are cited in this Featured Case. Click the citation to see the full text of the cited case. Citations are also linked in the body of the Featured Case.

Cited Cases

  • No Cases Found

Listed below are those cases in which this Featured Case is cited. Click on the case name to see the full text of the citing case.

Citing Cases