Helela v. State of Hawaii

OPINION OF THE COURT BY

WIRTZ, J.

This is another in the series of appeals to this court from rulings of the circuit court concerning public and private ownership and rights in the Mokauea Sea Fishery in Keehi Lagoon arising out of eminent domain proceedings 1 instituted in 1941 by the then Territory of Hawaii in aid of the Keehi Lagoon transpacific seaplane harbor. The highlights of the 24-year history of this litigation are set forth in State v. Hawaiian Dredging Co., 48 Haw. 152, 397 P.2d 593.

Daniel G. Clement and Masao Kainuma, two of the plaintiffs in the action now on appeal before us,…