MENDES v. HEIRS AND/OR DEVISEES OF KEALAKAI

No. 17251.

914 P.2d 558 (1996)

81 Hawai`i 165

Lloyd John MENDES, Sr., Gaylien J. Mendes, Eugene A. Mendes, Sr. and Mary A. Mendes, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. HEIRS AND/OR DEVISEES OF T. KEALAKAI, also known as Kealakai; Heirs and/or Devisees of Kamai Kealakai, also known as Kamae; Heirs and/or Devisees of Jack Kekuawela; Heirs and/or Devisees of Ella Kekuawela; Roy P. Mattos; Bernadette L. Mattos; Theo H. Davies & Co., Ltd., Successor to Honokaa Sugar Company; and the following adjoining landowners and/or occupants: Roy P. Mattos; Bernadette L. Mattos; County of Hawai`i; State of Hawai`i; John Does 1-10, Jane Does 1-10, Doe Corporations 1-10, Doe Governmental Entities 1-10, and all other persons unknown, claiming any right, title, estate, lien or interest in the real property described in Plaintiffs' complaint adverse to Plaintiffs' ownership, or any cloud upon Plaintiffs' title thereto, and to all whom it may concern, Defendants-Appellees, and William Pa`Akaula Kalawai`Anui, Defendant-Appellant.

Intermediate Court of Appeals of Hawai`i.

April 4, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William Pa`akaula Kalawai`anui, Kamuela, pro se, on the brief.

Ivan M. Torigoe (Case & Lynch, of counsel), on the brief, Hilo, for plaintiffs-appellees.

Before WATANABE, ACOBA and KIRIMITSU, JJ.


ACOBA, Judge.

This is an appeal from a circuit court order and judgment granting a motion for judgment on the pleadings filed by Plaintiffs-Appellees Lloyd John Mendes, Sr., Gaylien J. Mendes, Eugene A. Mendes, Sr. and Mary A. Mendes (collectively Appellees) against pro se Defendant-Appellant William Pa`akaula Kalawai`anui (Appellant) in an action to quiet title to land. We affirm.

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