County of Hawaii v. Sotomura

*177OPINION OF THE COURT BY

RICHARDSON, C.J.

This case arises as an appeal from eminent domain proceedings initiated by plaintiff-appellee County of Hawaii on July 7, 1970, in the acquisition of a park site at the Kalapana Black Sand Beach, a unique tourist attraction and surfing spot on the Island of Hawaii. Defendants-appellants contest the trial court’s valuation of the subject property. At issue are the court’s location of the seaward boundary of the subject property and the method of valuation.

The subject property, described by the County as “Lot 3, Land Court Application 1814,” is a portion…