Windward Partners v. Delos Santos

OPINION OF THE COURT BY

KOBAYASHI, J.

This is an appeal by defendants-appellants, Sarah Delos Santos, Henry Oshiro, Macario Advérsalo, Kazuyoshi Kamiyama, Kenneth Y. Kamiya, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas P. Adolpho, Mr. and Mrs. SamuelKakazu, and Everett C. Davis (hereinafter referred to as tenants), from a summary judgment order granting plaintiff-appellee, Windward Partners, a Hawaii partnership (appellee), possession of certain rented premises situated at Waikane, in the District of Koolaupoko, Oahu, Hawaii. The trial court held that the tenants’ defense of retaliatory eviction was insufficient as a…