Ko Fukunaga v. Kaname Fujino

OPINION OF THE COURT BY

LE BARON, J.

These are special proceedings under the rent control ordinance of the City and County of Honolulu and the laws of the Territory (ord. no. 941, § 4 [2] as am. by ord. no. 967; R. L. H. 1945, § 9658). The maximum rent-ceiling applicable to the landlord’s housing accommodation in this case ivas fifteen dollars per month. The landlord initiated proceedings for an upward adjustment in sucli rent-ceiling by petitioning the commission of rent control to increase the amount of that rent-ceiling to twenty-three dollars per month. The commission referred his petition…