Lee Wing Chau v. Fusae K. Nagai

OPINION OP THE COURT BY

TSUKIYAMA, C. J.

This is an action instituted in the third circuit court for damages allegedly sustained by plaintiff as a result of an automobile collision on a public highway in Hilo, Hawaii. Upon the complaint was endorsed plaintiff’s demand for a trial by jury. Defendant joined issue by duly answering the complaint. A motion to set having been filed, the court set a pre-trial conference for December 9, 1958. The conference, however, was actually held in the Judiciary Building in Honolulu on December 12, 1958, in a very informal manner.

On March 17, 1959, pursuant to a…