BASQUE v. YUK LIN LIAU

No. 4649.

50 Haw. 397 (1968)

441 P.2d 636

DAVID BASQUE, dba WESTERN STORE-KONA v. YUK LIN LIAU, aka Y.L. SAM LIAU, and ELLA LIAU.

Supreme Court of Hawaii.

June 3, 1968.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

L.N. Nevels, Jr. (Steven K. Christensen with him on the brief, Nevels and Chang of counsel) for plaintiff-appellant.

Robert E. Bethea (Carlsmith, Carlsmith, Wichman and Case of counsel) for defendants-appellees.

RICHARDSON, C.J., MIZUHA, MARUMOTO, ABE AND LEVINSON, JJ.


OPINION OF THE COURT BY LEVINSON, J.

The plaintiff-appellant brought an action against the defendants-appellees, adjoining landowners, for damages to the plaintiff's store caused by leakage from a broken sewer pipe, running from the defendants' home to a cesspool on the plaintiff's land. The trial court held for the defendants on the ground that the statute of limitations barred the claim. It failed to make a specific finding on the issue of the defendants' alleged...

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