SHANNON v. MURPHY

No. 4547.

426 P.2d 816 (1967)

Alvin A. SHANNON v. Patrick M. MURPHY and Edward F. Peine.

Supreme Court of Hawaii.

April 20, 1967.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Eichi Oki, Honolulu (George Takane, Honolulu, of counsel), for plaintiff-appellant.

Patrick F. Tuohy, Honolulu, for defendant-appellee Patrick M. Murphy.

Stuart M. Cowan, Honolulu (Greenstein & Cowan, Honolulu, of counsel), for defendant-appellee Edward F. Peine.

Before RICHARDSON, C. J., and CASSIDY, WIRTZ, LEWIS and MIZUHA, JJ.


WIRTZ, Justice.

This is an appeal from the judgment of the First Circuit Court denying plaintiff Shannon the relief he sought in the form of the imposition of a constructive trust on 143 acres of land at Mountain View, Hawaii.

This controversy arose out of a real estate transaction in which defendants Murphy and Peine purchased from Mr. and Mrs. Chalmers of Hilo, Hawaii, 143 acres of land at Mountain View on the Island of Hawaii on March 31, 1958. A deed to...

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