Legal Opinion
Oahu Plumbing & Sheet Metal, Ltd. v. Kona Construction, Inc.
Hawaii Supreme Court
Decided February 8, 1979No. 6823PublishedCited by 33 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT BY
OGATA, J.
The dispositive question in this appeal is whether a corporation may be represented in court by a person other than an attorney. We hold that, but for certain very limited exceptions, a corporation may be represented only by an attorney.
Defendant Kona Construction, Inc. (Kona Construction), through its Vice President, David A. Walters, brings this appeal from the denial of a motion brought by Walters in the court below to set aside entry of default. 1 Judgment by default was entered 2 against Kona Construction on September 19, 1977, on a complaint brought by…
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