IN RE TRUST DATED NOV. 15, 1917 OF CUNHA

No. 23684.

88 P.3d 202 (2004)

104 Hawai'i 267

In the Matter of the TRUST CREATED UNDER the WILL DATED NOVEMBER 15, 1917 OF Emanuel S. CUNHA, Deceased. Carma R. Meng, Donna Patricia Murray, and Harve D. Murray, Petitioners-Appellees, v. Hawaiian Trust Company, Ltd., Respondent-Appellant.

Supreme Court of Hawai'i.

April 23, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Conrad M. Weiser and Mark B. Desmarais (Goodsill Anderson Quinn & Stifel), on the briefs, for respondent-appellant Pacific Century Trust.

Carroll S. Taylor, Kimo C. Leong, and Gregory W.K. Chee, on the briefs, for petitioners-appellees Carma R. Meng, Donna Patricia Murray, and Harve D. Murray.

Randall M.L. Yee, on the briefs, for Contingent beneficiaries-appellees Richard Cunha, Richard D. Cunha, John M. Cunha, Anthony L. Cunha, Peter Ross, Brandy A.K. Ross, Bernice Gay, Danielle A.W. Gay, and Kathryn Ann C. Sciarretta.

MOON, C.J., LEVINSON, NAKAYAMA, ACOBA, and DUFFY, JJ.


Opinion of the Court by DUFFY, J.

Defendant-appellant Pacific Century Trust (previously Hawaiian Trust Company) [hereinafter, the Trustee] appeals from the order denying its motion for partial summary judgment issued by the first circuit court, the Honorable R. Mark Browning presiding. This appeal involves the interpretation of Hawai'i Revised Statutes (HRS) §§ 560:7-205 (1993)1 and 607-18 (1993)2

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