G. J. Hawaii, Ltd. v. Waipouli Development Co.

*558OPINION OF THE COURT BY

KOBAYASHI, J.

This is an appeal by G. J. Hawaii, Ltd. (appellant) from a judgment of the trial court denying appellant’s application for a mechanicvs and materialman’s lien. The trial court held, as a matter of law, that appellant, having “faded to meet the burden of showing that it has a contractor’s license under Chapter 444”, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is not entitled to a mechanic’s and materialman’s lien.

We reverse.

ISSUE

Whether the statement in HRS § 507~49(b) (Supp. 1975), that a general contractor may not have lien rights “unless such contractor was licensed…