TERRITORY v. MORITA, ET ALS.

NO. 3027.

41 Haw. 1 (1955)

TERRITORY OF HAWAII, BY ITS ATTORNEY GENERAL, EDWARD N. SYLVA v. JAMES M. MORITA, TERRITORY OF HAWAII, BY ITS ATTORNEY GENERAL, EDWARD N. SYLVA v. ARTHUR Y. AKINAKA, TERRITORY OF HAWAII, BY ITS ATTORNEY GENERAL, EDWARD N. SYLVA v. DR. THOMAS M. MOSSMAN.

Supreme Court of Hawaii.

Decided March 12, 1955.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

M. Watanabe and Y. Fukushima (also on the brief) for respondents-appellants.

C.R. Ashford, Deputy Attorney General (E.N. Sylva, Attorney General, with him on the brief), for petitioner-appellee.

TOWSE, C.J., STAINBACK AND RICE, JJ.


OPINION OF THE COURT BY STAINBACK, J.

Separate quo warranto proceedings were instituted by the Territory of Hawaii through its attorney general on January 14, 1955, against James M. Morita, on January 17, 1955, against Arthur Y. Akinaka and Dr. Thomas M. Mossman to try title of Morita to the office of city and county attorney, title of Akinaka to the office of superintendent of buildings, and title of Dr. Mossman to the office of city and county physician.

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