MILLER v. KAHUENA

No. 6679.

623 P.2d 89 (1981)

Clifford E. MILLER, Jr., and Renette Wright Miller, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. The Heirs or Devisees of KAHUENA (k); The Heirs or Devisees of Kaaiai Keau Kuakahela (w); The Heirs or Devisees of Moses Moku, aka Moses Moku, Sr.; Ernest Moses; Abraham Moses; The Heirs or Devisees of Louise Perkins; The Heirs or Devisees of Henrietta Mary Moku, aka Henrietta Moku, aka Mary George Moku, aka Mary Moku; The Heirs or Devisees of Mary Numela Moku, aka Malie Numela Moku; Henry A. Leslie, Sr.; Henry A. Leslie, Jr.; Mary K. Leslie; John P. Kupihea; David Paul Pedro; Rhoda Lani Pedro; Thomas Kealiinohomoku, formerly known as Thomas M. Moku; Francis Kanakamakai Simeona; Mary Goo Kim; Sylvia M. Morioka; Frank E. Midkiff, Myron B. Thompson, Richard Lyman, Jr., Hung Wo Ching and Matsuo Takabuki, Trustees of Bernice P. Bishop Estate; Hilo Electric Light Company, Limited; Mr. and Mrs. Maguier, and To All Whom It May Concern, Defendants-Appellants.

Intermediate Court of Appeals of Hawaii.

February 4, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael Matsukawa, Kealakekua, for defendants-appellants; Goodsill, Anderson & Quinn, Honolulu, of counsel.

Robert E. Rowland, Kahului, for plaintiffs-appellees; Case, Kay, Clause & Lynch, Kahului, Maui, of counsel.

Before HAYASHI, C.J., and PADGETT and BURNS, JJ.


PADGETT, Judge.

This is an appeal by Thomas Kealiinohomoku, formerly known as Thomas M. Moku, from a judgment below quieting title in certain land in Kona by awarding it to Appellees Clifford E. Miller, Jr. and Renette Wright Miller. Appellees claimed record title to the premises in question based upon a deed from the Estate of Mary Moku. Mary Moku was the widow of Moses Moku, Jr. and her claim derived by inheritance from him. Moses Moku, Jr. claimed under a document...

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