OKUNA v. NAKAHUNA

No. 6253.

594 P.2d 128 (1979)

Matsuhei OKUNA, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. E. NAKAHUNA or Heirs of E. Nakahuna Kamaliiwahine or Heirs of Kamaliiwahine, Beni Namauu, or Heirs of Beni Namauu, Helen E. Dahlberg, and the following adjoining landowners and/or occupants, Cecil S. Carmichael, Margaret Carmichael, Helen E. Dahlberg, Elizabeth K.K. Bangay, County of Hawaii by its Corporation Counsel, Clifford Lum, and John Doe and Richard Roe and all other persons unknown claiming any right, title, estate, lien or interest described in Plaintiff's Complaint adverse to Plaintiff's ownership or any cloud upon Plaintiff's title thereto, and to all whom it may concern, Defendants, and Helen E. Dahlberg, Defendant-Appellee.

Supreme Court of Hawaii.

April 30, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sylvester V. Quitiquit, Cook, Choi & Yuda, Hilo, for plaintiff-appellant.

Robert W. Carlsmith, Carlsmith, Carlsmith, Wichman & Case, Hilo, for defendant-appellee.

Before RICHARDSON, C.J., OGATA and MENOR, JJ., and MARUMOTO, Retired Justice in place of KIDWELL, J., absent.


RICHARDSON, Chief Justice.

Matsuhei Okuna, plaintiff-appellant, brought an action pursuant to Chapter 669 of the Hawaii Revised Statutes (1976) seeking to quiet title to a parcel of land1 located in Punaluu, Ka'u, County of Hawaii. His complaint alleged, in essence, that appellant and his predecessors in interest had acquired title to the subject parcel by adverse possession and that appellant was therefore entitled to a decree adjudging...

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