Housing Finance & Development Corp. v. Harold K.L. Castle Foundation

ACOBA Judge.

Plaintiff-Appellee Housing Finance and Development Corporation (Plaintiff), on April 1, 1991, brought a condemnation action against Defendant-Appellant 1 Harold K.L. Castle Foundation (Defendant) pursuant to the Hawaii Land Reform Act (Act), Hawaii Revised Statutes (HRS) chapter 516 (1985 & Supp.1992), on behalf of certain Defendant-Appellant lessees (Lessees). Under the Act, the State of Hawaii is empowered to condemn the leased fee interests of the fee owners in leased property for the benefit of the lessees. HRS § 516-23 (1985). Plaintiff, an agency of the State, sought to…