BROWN v. BISHOP TRUST COMPANY

No. 4158.

361 P.2d 1043 (1961)

Alice C. BROWN, Gertrude K. Humphries, Lila Kistemaker, Gordon Brown, Wilfred Hayden Humphries, Gertrude Ann Humphries and Clifford Kempton Humphries v. BISHOP TRUST COMPANY, Ltd., Successor-Trustee of the Sarah Brown Trust.

Supreme Court of Hawaii.

April 25, 1961.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Brahan Houston, Honolulu, for the petition.

No appearance for respondent.

Before TSUKIYAMA, C. J., CASSIDY and LEWIS, JJ., HAWKINS, Circuit Judge, in place of WIRTZ, J., disqualified, and HEWITT, Circuit Judge, in place of MARUMOTO, J., resigned.


PER CURIAM.

Upon consideration of the numerous matters presented by the petition for rehearing, but one point emerges which we deem to merit consideration. It is:

Can judgment be entered by this court on an opinion rendered after hearing by five judges of whom one was, nearly thirty years previously, employed in the office of a law firm which may be deemed to have been of counsel in the case during the time of such employment?

Assuming, arguendo...

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