Credit Associates of Maui, Ltd. v. Leong

OPINION OF THE COURT BY

KOBAYASHI, J.

This is an appeal from a summary judgment of the trial court holding that Credit Associates of Maui, Ltd., plaintiff-*105appellee (hereafter appellee), was not engaged in the unauthorized practice of law and that HRS Chapter 443, Collection Agencies, is constitutional. We conclude the judgment to be null and void.

The action below was begun by appellee, a collection agency, as the indorsee of a promissory note executed by Julian Torres and Feliciano Asprer, defendants-appellants (hereafter appellants), as co-makers of the note. Appellants, in their answer…