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MABE v. REAL ESTATE COM'N

No. 8997.

670 P.2d 459 (1983)

Dr. Roy K. MABE and Karen K. Mabe, Applicants-Appellants v. REAL ESTATE COMMISSION, State of Hawaii, Respondent-Appellee.

Intermediate Court of Appeals of Hawaii.

September 26, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Owen K. Tamamoto, Honolulu (Nelson S.W. Chang, Honolulu, with him on briefs, Rother, Bybee & Chang, Honolulu, of counsel), for applicants-appellants.

Sidney K. Ayabe, Honolulu (Libkuman, Ventura, Ayabe & Hughes, Honolulu, of counsel), for respondent-appellee.

Before BURNS, C.J., and HEEN and TANAKA, JJ.

BURNS, Chief Judge.

Dr. Roy K. Mabe and Karen K. Mabe (Mabes) sought payment of $20,000 from the real estate recovery fund (Fund). They appeal from the final order awarding them $10,000. We reverse.

The general issue is whether a literal construction of Hawaii Revised Statutes (HRS) § 467-16 (1976), which is unambiguous, would produce an absurd or unjust result which would be clearly inconsistent with the purposes and policies of the statute. Our answer...

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