Legal Opinion
Ellis v. Harland Bartholomew & Associates
Hawaii Intermediate Court of Appeals
Decided December 4, 1980No. 6574PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT BY
HAYASHI, C.J.
This is an appeal from the order of the trial court below dismissing the complaint for failure to prosecute. The only issue before us is whether the court abused its discretion in dismissing the action. We find no abuse and affirm the judgment of dismissal.
This action was first filed on January 11, 1965. The order of dismissal from which the appeal is taken was entered on March 29, 1977, some twelve years later. We feel that a chronicling of some of the events in the intervening years is necessary in this case because they graphically illustrate the…
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- Ellis v. CrockettHawaii Supreme Court · 1969
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