These selected legal case files, which may be found using the Hawaiʻi State Archives’ Judiciary Records Branch Finding Aid (Series 004 or 006), span a time period from 1867 to 1903. These case files were specifically selected because they elucidate and expound upon the development of water law in Hawaiʻi. A total of 38 files containing 3,645 individual images may be found in this curated digitized collection.
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Awa v. Horner, 1886
BOE v. Bailey, 1876
Brewer & Co. v. Bailey & Son, 1867
Burroes v. Paaluhi, 1880
Choi v. Ung Sing & Co., 1892
Davis v. Afong, 1884
Foster, et al. v. Kaneohe Ranch Co., 1899
Hawaiian Commercial & Sugar Co. v. Claus Spreckels, Folder 1, 1897
Hawaiian Commercial & Sugar Co. v. Claus Spreckels, Folder 2, 1897
Hawaiian Commercial & Sugar Co. v. Claus Spreckels, Folder 3, 1897
Hawaiian Commercial & Sugar Co. v. Wailuku Sugar Co., 1903
Heeia Agric. Co. v. Henry, 1892
Herring v. Gulick, 1883
Horner v. Kumuliilii, 1895
Horner v. Spreckels, 1885
In re Lam Chock, 1882
In re A.S. Cleghorn, 1870
Kaalala Mill Co. v. Steward, 1881
Kahookiekie v. Keanini, 1891
Kohala Sugar Co. v. Vidal, 1878
Leong v. Irwin, 1896
Lonoaea v. Wailuku Sugar Co. (1), 1894
Lonoaea v. Wailuku Sugar Co. (2), 1894
Lopez v. Acheu, 1885
Lui v. Kaleikini, 1896
Mahoe v. Puka of Paikuli, 1882
Maikai v. A. Hasting & Co., 1884
Mele v. Ahuna, 1881
Peck v. Bailey, 1866
Princeville Plantation v. Chulan Co., 1882
San v. Kim, 1884
Wailuku Sugar Co. v. S.E. Kaiue, 1893
Wailuku Sugar v. H. A. Widemann & Charles C. Harris, 1876
Wailuku v. Cornwell, 1896
Way v. Gulick, 1883
Willfong v. Bailey (1), 1873
Willfong v. Bailey (2), 1873
Wong Kim v. Kioula, 1882