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The Supreme Court affirmed the decree of foreclosure and sale under a mortgage on a property in Hawaii. While part of the mortgaged land had been conveyed to the Territory of Hawaii, the Territory objected to being a party to the suit and asserted its sovereign immunity from suit without consent. The Court held that as the governing authority that creates the laws and courts in its territory, Hawaii was exempt from suit in its own courts without waiving immunity. The foreclosure could thus proceed against t
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