Legal Opinion
Sotomura v. County of Hawaii
District Court, D. Hawaii
Decided October 16, 1978No. Civ. 75-0067PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DECISION
WONG, District Judge.
In July, 1970, the County of Hawaii commenced an eminent domain action to acquire Plaintiffs’ 1 seashore land for public use as a beach park. The land was describ ed in the Complaint (Ex. PI, Doc. 1) as “All of Lot 3, Land Court Application 1814, as shown on Map 1.” As shown by Map 1 (Ex. SI), Lot 3 is shorefront land, bounded inland by a road and seaward by a meandering line “along highwater mark,” having an area of 5.314 acres. The Owners’ predecessors registered this land in the Land Court of the State of Hawaii (“the land court”) in 1962 and obtained a Decree…
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