Klinger v. Kepano

OPINION OF THE COURT BY

RICHARDSON, C.J.

This appeal addresses the constitutional adequacy óf notice of property tax lien foreclosure sales given pursuant to RLH §§ 128-39 and -41 (1955) (current version at HRS §§ 246-56, -58 (1976)). The trial court held, inter alia, that a tax deed issued to plaintiffsappellees’ predecessors-in-interest subsequent to such a sale was not invalid for want of procedural due process. We reverse.

I

At issue herein is the right to possession of a 7.58-acre parcel of landlocated at Haleohiu, District of North Kona, County of Hawaii.

The original patentee of the land…