Legal Opinion
Yee v. Okamoto
Hawaii Supreme Court
Decided March 12, 1962No. 4171PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT BY
MIZUHA, J.
Plaintiffs, Thomas Y. K. Yee and Mary N. Y. Yee, son and daugliter-in-law of Yee Chun Shee, brought this action in assumpsit seeking payments for rent allegedly in arrears up to November 30, 1956, under a written lease executed between the said Yee Chun Shee, lessor, and James Y. Okamoto and Evelyn Y. Okamoto, lessees-defendants. The lessor conveyed the premises involved in this lease to the plaintiffs by deed dated January 10, 1955. The lessees raised the defense of cancellation and surrender of the lease. After a jury-waived trial, the court found for the…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Auer v. PennSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1882
- Kaneko v. OkudaCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1961
- Hawaii Builders Supply Co. v. KanetaHawaii Supreme Court · 1957
- Kreling v. WalshCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1947
- Handley v. GuascoCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1958
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3Cited by4 opinions
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