LALAKEA v. BAKER

No. 4047.

43 Haw. 321 (1959)

SOLOMON K. LALAKEA AND MOLLIE P. LALAKEA v. HERBERT H. BAKER AND DOROTHY E. BAKER.

Supreme Court of Hawaii.

Decided June 24, 1959.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

C. Nils Tavares and Edward Berman (Edward Berman on opening brief; Edward Berman and C. Nils Tavares on reply brief) for plaintiffs-appellants.

A. William Barlow and Morio Omori (A. William Barlow on the brief) for defendants-appellees.

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


OPINION OF THE COURT BY MARUMOTO, J.

This is an appeal from a judgment of dismissal of an action for malicious prosecution. Appellants predicated their action on the filing by appellees of two suits against them successively for reformation of the same deed on the same ground. The sole issue on the appeal is whether appellees had probable cause to file the suits.

On this appeal only the evidence adduced in the instant...

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