YOSHIDA v. NOBREGA

NO. 2792.

39 Haw. 235 (1952)

WILLIAM GORO YOSHIDA AND LILLIAN KIM YOSHIDA v. JOSEPH F. NOBREGA, AS ADMINISTRATOR OF THE ESTATE OF JOHN F. NOBREGA, DECEASED.

Supreme Court of Hawaii.

Decided February 6, 1952.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

F. Schnack (H.C. Schnack with him on the briefs) for plaintiffs-appellants.

A.K. Trask (also on the briefs) for defendant-appellee.

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


OPINION OF THE COURT BY STAINBACK, J.

In 1947 plaintiffs purchased property from the defendant as administrator and received therefor a deed in which defendant recited his capacity as administrator of the estate and authority from the court to make the sale. Subsequently plaintiffs learned that title to the property was defective, that they had received only a two-fifths interest in the property purported to have been conveyed by the deed from defendant.

Thereupon...

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