HOUSING FINANCE AND DEV. v. HAROLD CASTLE

No. 16292.

901 P.2d 1300 (1995)

79 Hawai`i 321

HOUSING FINANCE AND DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, a public body and body corporate and politic, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. HAROLD K.L. CASTLE FOUNDATION, a Hawai`i non-profit corporation, Defendant-Appellee, and Earl Leroy Walker, Gary Lynn Wiseman, Jane Saeko Ikeda, Kiyoshi Ikeda, Gwenette Ann Higa, Roland W. Eaker, Defendants-Appellants, and Jane Ann Wade Benouis; Mustapha Kemal Benouis; Cheryl Brooke Bukarau; Waqanivalu Isoa Bukarau; Richard Francis Buonviri; Susan Harrison Buonviri; Barbara Z. Culler; Timothy A. Culler (William E. Lee and Ruth B. Lee, Sellers under Agreement of Sale); Caren Shizuko Demeo; Howard Joseph Demeo; Marion G. Eaker; Barbara L. Jennings; Kirk E. Jennings; Bernadette Kahahawai; Joseph Kahahawai; Lawrence Bernard Kane, Jr.; Puanani Janette Kane; Patricia Ann Kop; William Kop; Janice Marie Louch; Deborah Marr; Sharyn Lee Munchmeyer; Myra Naomi Munekata; Dorothy Mitsuko Oda; John Eichi Oda; Deborah Chieko Nogami Oyama; Neil Mitsuo Oyama; Cleighton Pang; Sharon S. Pang; Catherine Hills Rice; Richard Knapp Rice (James Paul Lynn Flynn, Jr. and Barbara Jo Flynn Sanchez, Sellers under Agreement of Sale); Lydia Robinson; Thurston E. Robinson; William R. Schmidt (Maxine Vinton Tinnin, Seller under Agreement of Sale); Heather Shepard Shannon; McKenzie Herrick Shannon; Carol Lynn Shulik; David Ronald Shulik; Dorothy Eugenia Sigler; Leonard John Silva; Diane Akie Smith; Elbridge Wright Smith; James Jerome Smith; Rita Jane Renfro Smith; Chad Ken Taniguchi; Dolly Sasaki Towne; Edward Richard Underwood; Edmund H. Volkart; May Ellen D. Volkart; John Ronald Orsini; Karen Jo Patrick Orsini; John A. Roney; Nancy C. Roney; John Does 1-50; Mary Does 1-50; Doe Partnerships 1-50; Doe Corporations 1-50; Doe "Non-Profit" Corporations 1-50; and Doe Entities 1-50, Defendants. (Civ. No. 90-3750) and HOUSING FINANCE AND DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, a public body and body corporate and politic, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. HAROLD K.L. CASTLE FOUNDATION, a Hawai`i non-profit corporation, Charles Matthews White, George S. Yamamoto, Eloise F. Wickersham and Hawaiian Trust Company, Limited, a Hawai`i corporation, Successor Trustees of the trust created by the unrecorded Declaration of Revocable Living Trust dated September 11, 1970, made by Horace Winfred Beek White, as Settlor and Trustee, as amended; Bishop Trust Company, Limited, a Hawai`i corporation, Ancillary Special Administrator of the Estate of Lewis Winn Stunston, Jr., having been so appointed by the Circuit Court of the First Circuit, State of Hawai`i, in a proceeding designated as Probate No. 41923; Leo G. Ziffren, Lester Ziffren and Robert L. Caldwell, Successor Trustees of the trust created by Declaration of Trust dated September 9, 1988, as amended, executed by Paul Trousdale, also known as Paul Whitney Trousdale and Paul W. Trousdale, as Trustor and Trustee, a memorandum of which has been recorded in the Office of the Assistant Registrar of the State of Hawai`i as Document No. 1752870 and in the Bureau of Conveyances of the State of Hawai`i as Document No. 90-144115; W. Lawrence Clapp, Ancillary Special Administrator of the Estate of Marguerite T. Peck, also known as Marguerite Reid Peck, Marguerite Trousdale, Marguerite Reid Trousdale, Marguerite Trousdale Peck and Marguerite Peck, having been so appointed by the Circuit Court of the First Circuit, State of Hawai`i, in a proceeding designated as Probate No. 42920; W. Lawrence Clapp, Successor Trustee of the trust created by the Trust Agreement dated June 30, 1965, made by and between Paul Whitney Trousdale as Settlor, and Horace Winfred Beek White, as Trustee, which has been filed in said office as Document No. 378726 and recorded in said Bureau in Liber 5135, at page 538, as supplemented; W. Lawrence Clapp, Ancillary Personal Representative of John Dabney Murchison, deceased, having been so appointed by the Circuit Court of the First Circuit, State of Hawai`i, in a proceeding designated as Probate No. 40353; Willis Lawrence Clapp, as Authorized Agent and Attorney-in-fact on behalf of the Estate of Clinton Williams Murchison, Jr., deceased, pursuant to and under the supervision of the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Texas, Dallas Division, in Case No. 385-30266-A-11; Heirs and/or Devisees of Thomas H. Lively, Jr. and Robert F. Thompson, deceased, by virtue of an unrecorded written agreement as disclosed by that certain Affidavit dated August 31, 1988; Embassy Hawaii Corporation, a Hawai`i corporation (formerly known as Blackfield Hawai`i Corporation, a Hawai`i corporation), Defendant-Appellees, and Robert Steven Ale; Frances K. Asing; John M. Asing; Jamie Louise Ault; John William Ault; Holly K. Bachini; Robert C. Bachini; Gail Choon Sil Brown; William Wesley Harrison Brown; Carole Ann Brutlag; Bonnie Sue Busch; Gail Diane Caveney; Robert Lawrence Caveney; Dennis Deano Crabtree; Lisa Ann Crabtree; Miriam S. Curry; Raphael J. Curry; Joseph Lovejoy Dwight III; Robin Wittbrodt Dwight; Helga Gertrud Emmerson; John George Emmerson; Byron J. Ferreira; Carolyn G. Ferreira; Geraldine Reiko Fukumoto; Dolores Jane Graham; Paul Frederick Graham; James Douglas Hamblett; Gwenette Ann Higa; Harumi Hirata; Malfalda Hirata; Betty J. Howard; George F. Howard; Donald A. Hudson; Kathleen Defoster Hudson; Elizabeth Theresa Kollen; Gregory Michael Kollen; Lydia K. Lake; Thomas C. Lake, Jr.; Julie Rae Lindemann; Richard John Lindemann; Daniel Allen McDougal; Jo Shalimar McGirr; Murton Kent McGirr; Craig Stephen McGlinn; Kathleen Tracy McGlinn; Donald Owen McInnis; Peggy Lorraine McInnis; Hazel M. Meyer; Ann Stamp Miller; Peter Franklin Miller (Debra T. Ozawa, Seller under Agreement of Sale); Donald Ray Moore; Cary R. Nederhouser; Denise Nederhouser; Cynthia Rae Newsome; Keith Allison Newsome; Nooria Noor; Elizabeth Kelsey Owens; Elmer Lee Owens; Carol A. Pagaduan; Orlando R. Pagaduan; Lucille M. Peck; Percy D. Peck; Marcella Elvera Porzelt; Russell Daniel Porzelt; Hillary Ann Radovich; Scott Douglas Radovich; Alfredo Roque; Arnel M. Roque; Rosario Roque; Gary Paul Shuman; Geraldine Patricia Shuman; Sylvester Sneidar; Tiare Jacque Sneidar; Carolyn J. Steinberg; John Wesley Stephans; Christopher John Stevens; Holly Cartyn Stevens; Judy Koshie Tanabe; Harry Eugene Wellman; Mary Mari Yasuda; Roy Masao Yasuda; Deborah Kay Ziemke; John Does 1-200; Mary Does 1-200; Doe Partnerships 1-50; Doe "Non-Profit" Corporations 1-50; Doe Corporations 1-50; and Doe Entities 1-50, Defendants. (Civ. No. 91-0355).

Intermediate Court of Appeals of Hawaii.

Caption Amended October 12, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gary M. Slovin, Bruce L. Lamon and Carol A. Eblen (Goodsill Anderson Quinn & Stifel, of counsel), on the brief, Honolulu, for defendant-appellant Harold K.L. Castle Foundation.

Thomas T. Watts, on the briefs, Honolulu, for defendants-appellants Jane Saeko Ikeda, Kiyoshi Ikeda and Roland W. Eaker.

Sonia Faust, Stanley H.C. Young and Carolee M. Aoki, Deputy Attys. Gen., on the brief, Honolulu, for plaintiff-appellee Housing Finance and Development Corp.

Before ACOBA, J., CRANDALL, Circuit Judge in Place of Burns, C.J., Recused, and WILFRED K. WATANABE, Circuit Judge in Place of CORRINE K.A. WATANABE, J., disqualified.


ACOBA, Judge.

Plaintiff-Appellee Housing Finance and Development Corporation (Plaintiff), on April 1, 1991, brought a condemnation action against Defendant-Appellant1 Harold K.L. Castle Foundation (Defendant) pursuant to the Hawai`i Land Reform Act (Act), Hawai`i Revised Statutes (HRS) chapter 516 (1985 & Supp.1992), on behalf of certain Defendant-Appellant lessees (Lessees). Under the Act, the State of Hawai`i is empowered to condemn...

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