ALLEN v. CITY AND COUNTY OF HONOLULU

No. 5957.

571 P.2d 328 (1977)

Robert ALLEN and Grace Gunn, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. CITY AND COUNTY OF HONOLULU, Defendant-Appellant.

Supreme Court of Hawaii.

November 3, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Samuel P. King, Jr., Deputy Corp. Counsel, Honolulu (George T. Aoki and Edmund L. Lee, Jr., Deputy Corp. Counsels, Honolulu, on the briefs), for defendant-appellant.

Robert M. Ehrhorn, Jr., Honolulu (Okumura & Takushi, Honolulu, of counsel), for plaintiffs-appellees.

Before RICHARDSON, C.J., and KOBAYASHI, OGATA, MENOR and KIDWELL, JJ.


KOBAYASHI, Justice.

The City and County of Honolulu (hereinafter the City) brings this appeal from a judgment of the trial court granting money damages to Grace Gunn and Robert Allen (hereinafter appellees). The trial court ruled that the City, by rezoning appellees' property, was liable for costs incurred by the appellees in reliance on the zoning applicable to the property when they purchased it.

For reasons stated hereinafter, we reverse.

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