KEALAMAKIA v. UNKNOWN HEIRS OF KAMOEHALAU

No. 10575.

717 P.2d 516 (1986)

Annum Yim KEALAMAKIA, aka Anum Y. Kealamakia, and Anum Barnum Kealamakia, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. UNKNOWN HEIRS OF KAMOEHALAU, Deceased, et al., Defendants-Appellees, and Olney K. ROY, Third-Party Plaintiff, v. HEIRS OF LUMIHAI, Deceased, et al., Third-Party Defendants.

Supreme Court of Hawaii.

April 23, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael J. Matsukawa (Valta A. Cook and Matthew G. Jewell with him on briefs), Case, Kay & Lynch, Kailua-Kona, for appellant Estate of Annum Y. Kealamakia.

Kazuhisa Abe, Honolulu, for appellee CHAK, Inc.

Before LUM, C.J., and NAKAMURA, PADGETT, HAYASHI and WAKATSUKI, JJ.


LUM, Chief Justice.

Appellant Estate of Annum Y. Kealamakia appeals a denial of its motion for taxation of costs and attorney's fees incurred in furtherance of a quiet title action. We reverse and remand for further proceedings.

I.

In 1970, Appellant initiated an action to quiet title to Royal Patent Grant 1595 ("Grant"), a 175 acre parcel situated in North Kona, Hawaii. In 1972, the trial court entered...

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