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Claim Number: 00277B
Claimant: Kaleipaihala
Other claimant:Ulumaheihei, wife
Other name: Kalaipaihala
Island: Maui
District: Lahaina
Ahupuaa: Polaiki
Ili:
Statistics: 2416 characters 362 words
No. 277B, Kaleipaihala
N.R. 45v2


Greetings to the Land Commissioners: I hereby petition you for my house lot which was secretly surveyed by the haole, Keaki, without my hearing of it. 11 feet of the lot have been taken by the haole. This is my petition to you, the commissioners to quiet land titles.
Farewell to you all, respectfully,
KALEIPAIHALA


F.T. 121v3
Cl. 277B, Kaleipaihala, 13 April [1848?]

Kaauwai, sworn, I know this la ....

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.... , John White did say that 11 feet of one corner is for him (White). I think John White's opinion is correct.

Kalaipaihala had received this place from his wife, Ulumeheihei, who is a hand maid of Nahienaena and they (the couple) have lived comfortably from 1839 to the present time. The argument with John White which had occurred in the year 1846 or 1847 probably is the only objection.

[Award 277B; R.P. 1884; Polaiki Lahaina; 1 ap.; .08 Acs; See also 567]