Consolidated Amusement Co. v. Waikiki Business Plaza, Inc.

OPINION OF THE COURT BY

TANAKA, J.

In this case involving easement rights, plaintiff Consolidated Amusement Co., Ltd. (Consolidated), the owner of the dominant estate, appeals from an adverse summary judgment in favor of defendant Waikiki Business Plaza, Inc. (Plaza), the owner of the servient estate. The dispositive issue is whether the owner of the servient estate can erect and maintain structures on a portion of an easement for ingress and egress which is of a specified width and length and with definite boundaries, where the structures do not “obstruct” the dominant estate owner’s use of…