JOHNSON v. TSUKAHARA

No. 4694.

448 P.2d 822 (1968)

Sarah L. JOHNSON and Clarence R. Johnson v. Tatsumi TSUKAHARA.

Supreme Court of Hawaii.

Rehearing Denied January 20, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Helen B. Ryan, Alexander Y.H. Kim, Honolulu, for appellant.

Albert Gould, Honolulu (Cobb & Gould, Honolulu, of counsel), for appellee.

Before RICHARDSON, C.J., MARUMOTO and ABE, JJ., and FELIX, Circuit Judge, in place of LEVINSON, J., disqualified, and FAIRBANKS, Circuit Judge, assigned by reason of vacancy.


MARUMOTO, Justice.

The main question for decision on this appeal is whether a trial court may amend a verdict on a post-verdict affidavit of a juror, obtained after the jury has been discharged, and enter a judgment on the verdict as so amended.

Applicants Clarence R. Johnson and Sarah L. Johnson are husband and wife. They were plaintiffs in a tort action filed in the circuit court against appellee Tatsumi Tsukahara, as defendant, for damages allegedly resulting...

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