COUNTY OF HAWAII v. SOTOMURA

No. 5281.

517 P.2d 57 (1973)

COUNTY OF HAWAII, a municipal corporation, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Joseph Yuki SOTOMURA et al., Defendants-Appellants.

Supreme Court of Hawaii.

Rehearing Denied December 28, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles W. Key, Damon, Shigekane, Key & Char, Honolulu, Masanori Kushi, Kushi, Shimokusu & Kushi, Hilo, for defendants-appellants.

Richard T. Ishida, Kealakekua, Clifford H.F. Lum, Corp. Counsel, County of Hawaii, Hilo, for plaintiff-appellee.

Before RICHARDSON, C.J., and MARUMOTO, ABE, LEVINSON and KOBAYASHI, JJ.


RICHARDSON, Chief Justice.

This case arises as an appeal from eminent domain proceedings initiated by plaintiff-appellee County of Hawaii on July 7, 1970, in the acquisition of a park site at the Kalapana Black Sand Beach, a unique tourist attraction and surfing spot on the Island of Hawaii. Defendants-appellants contest the trial court's valuation of the subject property. At issue are the court's location of the seaward boundary of the subject property and the method...

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