LUM v. SUN

No. 12952.

769 P.2d 1091 (1989)

Joseph T. LUM, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Christianna Wai Ha SUN, Defendant-Appellant, and Gary D. Henig, Defendant.

Supreme Court of Hawaii.

February 28, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frederick W. Rohlfing, III, (James M. Sattler with him on the brief), Honolulu, for defendant-appellant Sun.

Randolph F. Leong (Harold W. Goble with him on the brief), Honolulu, for plaintiff-appellee.

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


NAKAMURA, Justice.

"Whenever any lessee or tenant of any lands or tenements ... holds possession ... without right, after the termination of the tenancy, either by passage of time or by reason of any forfeiture, under the conditions or covenants in a lease, ... the person entitled to the premises may be restored to the possession thereof [pursuant to the summary proceeding provided in Hawaii Revised Statutes (HRS) chapter 666]." HRS § 666-1. The proceeding must...

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