KIMURA v. KAMALO

No. 24557.

107 P.3d 430 (2005)

106 Haw. 501

Sataro KIMURA, Toshiko Kimura, Stanley M. Kimura, Wendell Kazuyuki Kimura, Phyliss Toshiko Kimura, Hubert S. Kimura, Alfreda Fujita, Morris Kimura, Walter Kimura, Ella Yasuda, Clinton Kimura, Karen Hoe and Stuart Kimura, Plaintiffs-Appellees v. KAMALO; H.N. Kahalu, also known as Henry N. Kahalu; Geoffrey W. Rawson as Trustee in dissolution for Allen & Robinson, Limited; Mary Kauka, also known as Mary Mailani Miller Kealalio; Joseph Kealalio, also known as J. Kealalio and Joe Kealalio; Wife of Jesse K. Makainai, Jr.; Wife of Henry K. Makainai; Virginia K. Makainai; Pauline Beatrice Sarmiento; Joseph Kalani Garcia Sarmiento; Justina Keomailani Sarmiento; Maximo Momi Sarmiento; Jesse K. Makainai Sarmiento; Nathaniel Peleiholani Hiton; Lillian Pearl Kapiolani Hiton; Heirs of C. Bolte; Elizabeth K. Booth; Papa; Konoena; Koaea; Lizzie K. Davis, also known as Lizzie Kahaanapilo Davis; John Young Olohana Davis; George Hueu Davis; Alice Kahiliopua Bright, aka Alice K. Moriwaki; Kuai; J.K. Kaumualii; Kaainahuna; Richard K. Lovell; Vernette K. Lovell; Puueo Poi Factory, Inc.; Leslie Ching; Vernette Lovell as Personal Representative of The Estate of William K. Kamau, Sr.; David Aul; Earl J. Spenard; Jo Ann Spenard; Thomas Brown; Ed Crumpacker; Cornelia Crumpacker; Jack Curran; Irene Curran; Emily Dulay; Wallace Duncan; Ray Harris; June Harris; Rex Honl; Lori Honl; Larry Pandolfo; Susan Pandolfo; Takaichi Kobayakawa; Lloyd Melton; Alexandra Melton; Alice Moriwake; Jack Painter; Ralph Rehberg; Diane Rehberg; John Roberts; David K. Roy, Jr.; Arthur Small; Meredith Jean; Tamara Lynn Gilley; Saburo Yamato; Kikue Yamato; Hind Resources, Inc.; L.S. Dillingham Trust; C.W. Carlsmith Trust; Donn Carlsmith Trust; Dillingham Investment; J.M. Tanaka Investment Co.; Alice Bright; Mary Tadame Mori, now known as Mary Tadame Ishida; Jack Tadayoshi Mori; Katherine Hoopale Chun; Robert Chun, Jr.; Wallace Chun; Melvin Chun; Barbara Chun Delos Santos; Emily Lihue Hoopale Dulay; Margaret Kiili; Mary Tanaka; Benjamin K. Waiolama; Emily L. Peralta; Genevieve Leimomi Rucker; Lily Hoopale Hao; Helen Bernard; Lily Bernard; Margaret Sari Hao; Benjamin Brown, Jr.; Avalon Brown Patricio; Lavon Brown; Aileen Hoopale Ho; Denise Ho Mai; Harry Ho, Jr.; Warren Ho; Ivan Ho; Seline Swanson; Gregory Ho; Lu Ann Ho; Anthony Ho; Margaret Hoopale Wong; Herny Stone; Anson Stone; Genrig Stone; Penelope Wong; Pandora Wong; Edwin S. Stone; Dorothy M. Stone; Daniel K. Kealalio; Lydia Dupont; Mary Kaoo Hui; Joseph Kealalio; Kaaumao Panee; Aileen K. Panee; Douglas Panee; Suzel L. Panee Ho; Ernest K. Panee; Eli Douglas Panee; Hattie Panee; Harriet Coelho; Jane Silva; Lydia Pavao; John Au Choy Panee, Jr.; Mabel Kamakahi; Agnes Chang; Mary Louis; David K. Roy, Jr.; Richard L. Stone; County of Hawai'i; State of Hawai'i; John Does 1 through 100; John Doe Partnerships 1 through 10; John Doe Corporations 1 through 10; John Doe Trusts 1 through 10; and Heirs, Assigns, Successors, Personal Representatives, Executors, Administrators, Guardians, and Trustees of the Above Named Defendants, and all other persons unknown claiming any right, title, estate, lien or interest in the real property described herein adverse to Plaintiffs' ownership, and to all whom it may Concern, Defendants-Appellees and Jessie Makainai, Joseph D. Garcia, Jr.; Beatrice Voight; Kevin Voight; George Voight; Max Sarmiento, and Maxine Sarmiento, Defendants-Appellants.

Supreme Court of Hawai`i.

February 23, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alan T. Murakami (Native Hawaiian Legal Corporation), Honolulu, on the briefs, for defendants-appellants.

Wayne P. Nasser, Michael W. Gibson, and Jody Kaulukukui Li (Ashford & Wriston), Honolulu, on the briefs, for plaintiffs-appellees.

LEVINSON, ACOBA, and DUFFY, JJ.; with MOON, C.J. and NAKAYAMA, J., concurring separately.


Opinion of the Court by ACOBA, J.

Defendants-Appellants Jessie Makainai, Joseph D. Garcia, Jr., Beatrice Voight, Kevin Voight, George Voight, Max Sarmiento, and Maxine Sarmiento (hereinafter, Defendants) appeal from the August 14, 2001 final judgment of the circuit court of the third circuit1 (the court), partitioning certain land. The other parties to the underlying partition action are Plaintiffs-Appellees Satoru Kimura and other members...

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