§501-73  Removing clouds on title.  The court may remove clouds on titles and may find and decree in whom the title or any interest, legal or equitable, in land is vested, whether in the applicant or in any other person. [L 1909, c 11, §5; RL 1925, pt of §3228; RL 1935, pt of §5037; RL 1945, pt of §12637; RL 1955, pt of §342-38; HRS §501-73]

Case Notes

  Dower, power of widow to convey.  21 H. 431 (1913).

  Court may decree title to be in beneficiary of trust when trustee's sole duty was to convey.  26 H. 809, 816 (1923).

  Applicant has burden of establishing its title.  50 H. 507, 444 P.2d 909 (1968).

  Cited:  20 H. 355, 357 (1911); 37 H. 74, 95 (1945), aff'd 158 F.2d 122 (1946).