HOWELL v. ASSO. HOTELS, LTD.

NOS. 2917 AND 2940.

40 Haw. 492 (1954)

Billy HOWELL v. Associated Hotels, Ltd., a Hawaiian Corporation, Doing Business As Niumalu Hotel, and Gene Bowers.

Supreme Court of Hawaii.

Decided April 6, 1954.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

W.L. Fleming (Smith, Wild, Beebe & Cades with him on the briefs) for appellant Associated Hotels, Ltd.

H.C. Schnack (F. Schnack with him on the briefs) for appellant Gene Bowers.

J.F. Dyer (Hogan & Dyer on the brief) for appellee Billy Howell.

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


OPINION OF THE COURT BY STAINBACK, J.

This is an action at law brought by plaintiff to recover damages caused him by reason of the alleged wrongful withholding from him of certain personal property, namely, eighteen ektrachrome transparencies.

Plaintiff claims that the retention and withholding of the ektrachrome transparencies was wrongful and oppressive and without justification of law and seeks to recover therefor $4,419.10 as compensatory damages and ...

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