FONG v. SAPIENZA

No. 2857.

39 Haw. 92 (1951)

LEONARD K. FONG, AUDITOR OF THE CITY AND COUNTY OF HONOLULU, TERRITORY OF HAWAII v. MAURICE SAPIENZA, ACTING JUDGE OF THE CIRCUIT COURT, FIRST JUDICIAL CIRCUIT, TERRITORY OF HAWAII.

Supreme Court of Hawaii.

Decided May 14, 1951.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

A.K. Trask for petitioner.

M. Sapienza in person.

J.G. Anthony for James W. Glover, Limited, petitioner in case S.P. No. 2303 in first circuit court.

LE BARON AND TOWSE, JJ., AND CIRCUIT JUDGE BUCK IN PLACE OF KEMP, C.J., RETIRED.


ORDER DENYING PETITION.

This is a petition for writ of mandamus to compel the respondent circuit judge to disqualify himself, after he had denied a motion of disqualification.

Upon the petition and affidavit before this court mandamus does not lie in such a case. (Scott v. Stuart, 22 Haw. 576.)

The petition...

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