WRIGHT MINORS v. CITY & COUNTY

NO. 3099.

41 Haw. 603 (1957)

MARCIANA WRIGHT; AND SELMA MAY WRIGHT, JOHN OTTO WRIGHT, JR., GLORIA JEAN WRIGHT, KEITH JONATHAN WRIGHT, MINORS, BY MARCIANA WRIGHT, AS THEIR NEXT FRIEND, v. THE CITY AND COUNTY OF HONOLULU, A MUNICIPAL CORPORATION.

Supreme Court of Hawaii.

Decided March 5, 1957.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Albert W. Evensen, Deputy City and County Attorney (James M. Morita, Special Counsel for City and County of Honolulu, on the opening brief; Norman K. Chung, City and County Attorney, with him on the reply brief), for appellant.

Myer C. Symonds (Bouslog & Symonds on the brief) for appellees.

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


OPINION OF THE COURT BY MARUMOTO, J.

This case is before this court on an interlocutory appeal by the defendant from an order of the circuit court denying its motion to dismiss plaintiffs' complaint.

Plaintiffs are the widow of John O. Wright and children of John O. Wright suing by their mother as next friend. They were all dependents of John O. Wright during his lifetime.

Plaintiffs filed a complaint against...

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