Legal Opinion

Yoshie Miyasato Hokama v. Relinc Corp.

Hawaii Supreme Court

Decided January 21, 1977No. 5824PublishedCited by 26 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION OF THE COURT BY

RICHARDSON. C.J.

This is an appeal from a summary judgment rendered against Yoshie Miyasato Hokama, individually, and as eusto dian for her children Wayson K. Hokama. Charlotte Y. Hokama and Bruce Y. Hokama. In an action in contract, the trial court found that the officers of Refine Corporation, Steven T. Nakano and Helen N. Shimamura (appellees), could not be held personally liable on a contract they had executed.

We reverse. The trial court erred in the granting of summary judgment as to appellees. Nakano and Shimamura. The two issues raised by this appeal are:

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2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. Midkiff v. Castle & Cooke, Inc.Hawaii Supreme Court · 1962
  2. Hing Bo Gum v. Mataichi NakamuraHawaii Supreme Court · 1976
  3. Smith v. American Guild of Variety ArtistsCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1965
  4. Brasher Motor and Finance Company v. AndersonUtah Supreme Court · 1967
  5. Ookala Sugar Plantation Co. v. WilsonHawaii Supreme Court · 1900

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3Cited by26 opinions

  1. Food Pantry, Ltd. v. Waikiki Business Plaza, Inc.Hawaii Supreme Court · 1978
  2. 23 Collier bankr.cas.2d 1517, Bankr. L. Rep. P 73,652 in Re Agricultural Research and Technology Group, Inc., a Hawaii Corporation, Debtor. Thomas E. Hayes, Trustee v. Palm Seedlings Partners-A, a Hawaii Limited Partnership Grant-Buskett Management Corporation, Individually and as General Partner of the Partnership Robert B. Grant Ruth M. Jasper, Trustee for the Ruth M. Jasper Revocable Living Trust Florine A. Katz Edwin Y.W. Fong Nancy Foos Jerome O.C.C. Leong Joseph C.C. Leong Lon D. Pierce George A. Reich John F. Smith Myron F. Tethal Marian F. Townsend Nancy R. Weisner and James W. Winters, Individually and as Limited Partners of Said PartnershipCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1990
  3. Lau v. BautistaHawaii Supreme Court · 1979
  4. Hawaiian Association of Seventh-Day Adventists v. Wong.Hawaii Supreme Court · 2013
  5. Hunt Ex Rel. Hunt v. ChangHawaii Supreme Court · 1979

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