Hustace v. Kapuni

OPINION OF THE COURT BY

HEEN, J.

Defendant-Appellant Cecilia Leilani Kapuni (Kapuni) 1 appeals from a judgment granting to Plaintiff-Appellee Maria Hustace (Maria) 2 title by adverse possession to two kuleanas 3 (kuleanas) at Kaluaaha, Moloka'i. 4 We vacate the judgment and remand for further proceedings.

The dispositive question on appeal is whether the trial court erred in denying Kapuni’s motion to set aside the defaults entered against two of the heirs of the last record owners of the kuleanas and to allow her to assert her claim in her own right or to assert a claim as the grantee of those…