City of Honolulu v. Caetano

OPINION OF THE COURT BY

PERRY, C. J.

This was a suit for the condemnation of land required for the extension of a public highway. The essential allegations of the petition were that the plaintiff, a municipal corporation invested with the power to acquire land by condemnation for public purposes, desired to acquire certain parcels of land therein described for public purposes, to-wit, for the extension of a street known as Bishop Street, that the respondents claimed to be the owners of the landá or of interests therein and that the board of supervisors had approved of the acquisition and…