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OAHU PLUMBING & SHEET METAL v. KONA CONST.

No. 6823.

590 P.2d 570 (1979)

OAHU PLUMBING AND SHEET METAL, LTD., a Hawaii Corporation, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. KONA CONSTRUCTION, INC., a Hawaii Corporation, Defendant-Appellant.

Supreme Court of Hawaii.

February 8, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David A. Walters, defendant-appellant, pro se.

Michael A. Lilly, Deputy Atty. Gen., Honolulu, amicus curiae for appellee.

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

OGATA, Justice.

The dispositive question in this appeal is whether a corporation may be represented in court by a person other than an attorney. We hold that, but for certain very limited exceptions, a corporation may be represented only by an attorney.

Defendant Kona Construction, Inc. (Kona Construction), through its Vice President, David A. Walters, brings this appeal from the denial of a motion brought by Walters in the court below to set aside entry of...

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