MATTER OF ESTATE OF CAMPBELL

No. 8807.

662 P.2d 206 (1983)

In the Matter of the Application of Trustees Under the Will and of the ESTATE OF James CAMPBELL, Deceased, to register and confirm title to real property situate at Malaekahana, Koolauloa, Oahu, State of Hawaii.

Supreme Court of Hawaii.

April 20, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Susan Tamura Sato, Deputy Corp. Counsel, Honolulu, for appellant.

Donald E. Scearce, Honolulu (Stanley K.W. Chong, Honolulu, with him on the brief; Cades, Schutte, Fleming & Wright, Honolulu, of counsel), for appellee.

Before LUM, Acting C.J., NAKAMURA, PADGETT and HAYASHI, JJ., and TSUKIYAMA, Circuit Judge, assigned by reason of vacancy.


NAKAMURA, Justice.

The City and County of Honolulu (the City) challenges the authority of the Land Court of the State of Hawaii (the Land Court) to issue an order of consolidation and subdivision of real property where prior approval of the subdivision plan and map had not been obtained from the Director of the City's Department of Land Utilization. Concluding that in the particular circumstances involved the Land Court exceeded its statutory powers, we vacate the...

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