TERRITORY OF HAWAII v. GARDENS

NO. 2843.

39 Haw. 514 (1952)

TERRITORY OF HAWAII, BY WALTER D. ACKERMAN, JR., ITS ATTORNEY GENERAL, v. ALA MOANA GARDENS, LIMITED, BANK OF HAWAII, BISHOP NATIONAL BANK OF HAWAII AT HONOLULU, BISHOP TRUST COMPANY, LIMITED, CITY AND COUNTY OF HONOLULU, THE HAWAIIAN ELECTRIC COMPANY, LIMITED, HAWAIIAN TRUST COMPANY, LIMITED, INSURANCE FACTORS, LIMITED, KAPIOLANI DRIVE INN, LIMITED, THE LIBERTY BANK OF HONOLULU, MUTUAL TELEPHONE COMPANY, PACIFIC INSURANCE COMPANY, LIMITED, ROYAL CREST APARTMENTS, LIMITED, THE THOM CO., LTD., H.Y. YOUNG, LIMITED, ISAAC AOKI, MAE TAKUMI AOKI, HOOK LAN AU, MERTON BELCHER, PANG YET CHONG, PEI HUA CHAO, MAY LEE CHAO, MUESEL CHUN, NAM YEE CHUN, HAROLD BUTT QUON CHUN, IRENE HEONG LEONG CHUN, EUNICE DERRY COMSTOCK, ANNIE A. CLARK, DOO WOOK CHOY, HELEN NAHM CHOY, DAVID OAK SOO CHOY, MARY CHUNG AI CHOY, VIOLET L. COOK, KOW YOU COOK, HATTIE AH COOK, ALFRED KWAI DOON CHING, EDITH TOM CHING, HENRY CHUN-HOON, SAI CHOW DOO, D.B. DARLING, TED KUROKU FUJIYOSHI, YUKIE FUJIYOSHI, JOSEPH WALTER FERREIRO, BETSY FERREIRO, LOUIS LYMAN GOWANS, HELEN TAYLOR GOWANS, KENNETH GETZEMEYER, WINIFRED GETZEMEYER, HAROLD TORAO HAMASAKI, JANE HAMASAKI, YOSHIO HANAO, MARY YOSHIKO HAMASAKI, SATOYO HAMASAKI, YASUICHI HAMASAKI, YOSHIO HANO, MARY YOSHIKO HOSOI, TADASHI HOSOI, ROSALINE KAM YEN WONG HEE, AKIYOSHI HAYASHIDA, BERNICE HAMAMURA HAYASHIDA, DAN DAISAKU HIRAHARA, KUM YEE HIRAHARA, PHILIP WOOWON HONG, ROSE KIM HONG, GEORGE IWASAKI, NAKA IWASAKI, ERNEST TSUYOSHI IWANAGA, CHITOSE IWANAGA, JACOB YOU ING, HENRY INN, DUKE P. KAHANAMOKU, ESTELLE KAN KONG, DORA CHONG AI LEE KONG, YOSHIHARU KONDO, MISAO KONDO, DAVID KANONO KALAUOKALANI, RICHARD KAWEHI KALAUOKALANI, RAYMOND FAH KONG, HAIG KEOLA KALAUOKALANI, GEORGE EICHI KITASHIRO, JANICE YOSHIKO KITASHIRO, HARRY BATES LEN, EDWARD LUM LAU, MARGARET CHOY KYAU LAU, AH CHIN LUM, BEATRICE YOUNG LUM, ROSE KAM HOONG WONG LUM, HELEN LAU LUM, HENRY KAM FOOK LAM, JOSEPH AIONA LOO, SARAH HONG LOO, VICTORINO LA MADRID, SR., JOHN IWAO MAMIYA, ELLA TOMOE MAMIYA, WILFRED TAKEO MINATOYA, GERTRUDE UEMYO MINATOYA, LARRY MEDEIROS, TAKEO MORISHIGE, NORIKO MORISHIGE, ROBERT MATSUO MORISHIGE, MARY ELLEN KEALOHAPAUOLE PAOA CLARKE, ELAINE KIMIE MORISHIGE, ORISON OI SUN PANG, ESTHER LEE PANG, INEZ SOON KONG PAI, HEIRS OF MALCOLM H. PAOA, JUANITA ELLEN CLARKE PAOA, HENRY K. PAOA, MAILE HELEN ZOLLER PAOA, FREDERICK H. PAOA, MADELYN BARTO PAOA, GILBERT H. PAOA, EDNA KUULEI ALDEN PAOA, MELVIN E.L. PAOA, HELEN K. STERLING, RUDDY FAH TONGG, MASAYUKI TOKIOKA, SIK KUM TSUI, EVELYN ING TSUI, HENRY EN SUE TYAU, ROSE CHAI SIM TYAU, ERNEST YEN YEE TOM, SAMUEL MASAO UYEHARA, MIYOKO UYEHARA, MASAJI UYEHARA, SHIZUKO UYEHARA, FATHER H. VALENTIN, KELIIHOALANI PAOA VIERRA, HENRY AWA WONG, CHOCK TONG WONG, BOW SUN WONG, QUON MOI CHING WONG, RICHARD QUAN YAU WONG, ESTHER AU WONG, AH GUN WONG, LILY WONG, KELVIN ENCHOW WONG, DANIEL BENJAMIN WONG, ROBERT HEEN WONG, ANNA AU WONG, UMEMATSU WATADA, YASU NAKAO WATADA, WATARU WATANABE, VIOLET TAKIKO WATANABE, TOSHIO YASUMICHI, KAZUYO YASUMICHI, KEM YOUNG, CHANG LIN YEE YOUNG, ALBERT LOOK YI YEE, YET LAN LEN YEE, RILEY LOOK BUN KEE YEE, ELIZABETH SAU WUN CHANG YEE, LUM CHOY YEE, DOROTHY TAM YEE, DONALD LOOK YEN YEE, KALFRED LOOK KEE YEE, THELMA KWAI LIN FONG YEE, HEIRS OF QUON MOO YEE, DAVID CHINSURK YOUTH, RUTH BUCHUN YOUTH, TAKEO YOSHIKAWA, OR THE HEIRS, SUCCESSORS AND/OR ASSIGNS OF THE ABOVE LISTED DEFENDANTS, JOHN DOE 1 TO JOHN DOE 100, INCLUSIVE, MARY ROE 1 TO MARY ROE 100, INCLUSIVE, DOE CORPORATION 1 TO DOE CORPORATION 100, INCLUSIVE, WHOSE NAMES ARE UNKNOWN, TOGETHER WITH ANY OTHER PERSONS, COMPANIES, AND CORPORATIONS, HEREIN, HAVING OR CLAIMING ANY RIGHT, ESTATE, LIEN, ENCUMBRANCE INTO OR UPON THE LANDS DESCRIBED IN THE PETITION HEREIN AS UNKNOWN OWNERS.

Supreme Court of Hawaii.

Decided September 10, 1952.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J.J. Uehara (also on the briefs) for plaintiffs in error.

H. Edmondson, Special Deputy Attorney General (also on the brief), for defendant in error.

TOWSE, C.J., LE BARON AND STAINBACK, JJ.


OPINION OF THE COURT BY STAINBACK, J.

The Territory instituted proceedings in eminent domain to condemn for a public highway certain land owned by the defendants situated in Waikiki, on Kalakaua avenue, Honolulu, containing an area of 35,933 square feet; a building used as a restaurant was situated thereon. The land was part of a land-court subdivision covered by owner's certificate of title registered in the office of the land court.

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