Coerper v. Gouveia

OPINION OP THE COURT BY

DE BOLT, J.

This is an appeal by the defendant on points of law from a judgment of the district court, of North Kona, county of Hawaii, in an action brought by the plaintiff against the defendant for the summary possession of certain described premises, the judgment being that the plaintiff recover the possession of the premises and his costs.

The declaration filed in the action avers, in substance, that the plaintiff is the landlord and owner of and entitled to the immediate possession of the premises, which the defendant is in possession of and holds unlawfully and…