HAWAIIAN ELEC. CO., INC. v. DeSANTOS

No. 6490.

621 P.2d 971 (1980)

HAWAIIAN ELECTRIC COMPANY, INC., a Hawaii Corporation, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Clarence DeSANTOS; James L. McClish and Mrs. James McClish; Diana Jones and Richard Jones; Caroline Bright; Leialoha Kaluhiwa and Jerry Kaluhiwa; Alfred Ferreira and Justine Ferreira; Sandra Menza and Antone Menza, Jr.; Moses Robello, Jr., and Marie Robello; James R. Sanders and Alberta Sanders; Herbert Santos; Hannah Viritua; Tu Viritua; Melvin Fisher; and Nelson Goo, Defendants-Appellants, and Joseph R. Sanchez; Antone Caldeira; Anthony DeSantos; James DeSantos; Pat Cain; William Espindola; Burert T. Rankin; Martha Rankin; Frank Andrade; Daniel K. Bright; Henry C. Cruz; Antone Menzsa; Delphine Menzsa; Jane Robello, Defendants.

Supreme Court of Hawaii.

December 31, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kathleen A. Dashiell, Legal Aid Soc. of Hawaii, Honolulu, for defendants-appellants.

Wesley W. Ichida, Honolulu (William W.L. Yuen and Patricia Blyth, Honolulu, with him on brief, Case, Kay, Clause & Lynch, Honolulu, of counsel), for plaintiff-appellee.

Before RICHARDSON, C.J., and OGATA, MENOR, LUM and NAKAMURA, JJ.


LUM, Justice.

This is an appeal from orders of the circuit court granting summary judgment and writs of possession to plaintiff-appellee Hawaiian Electric Company (HECO), evicting defendants-appellants, twenty-one residents (residents) from HECO's property in Heeia Kea Valley, Kaneohe, Oahu. We reverse both orders because improper notice was given to terminate the tenancies between HECO and the residents. In so doing, we...

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