Wong Young v. Kum Chong

This is an appeal on points of law from a decision of the district magistrate, the points raised being that the district magistrate erred in sustaining a demurrer to the plaintiff’s complaint, said demurrer being on two grounds: First, that summons improperly issued, the complaint containing no prayer for process; and, second, that the complaint is too indefinite and uncertain.

We have no statutory provision requiring complaints in district courts to contain a prayer for the issuance of process. The complaint may be oral (Larrisch v. Schaefer, *966 Haw. 140). Strict rules of pleading do not apply…