Shannon v. Murphy

OPINION OF THE COURT BY

WIRTZ, J.

This is an appeal from the judgment of the First Circuit Court denying plaintiff Shannon the relief he sought in the form of the imposition of a constructive trust on 143 acres of land at Mountain View, Hawaii.

This controversy arose out of a real estate transaction in which defendants Murphy and Peine purchased from Mr. and Mrs. Chalmers of Hilo, Hawaii, 143 acres of land at Mountain View on the Island of Hawaii on March 31, 1958. A deed to this property from the Chalmers to the defendants was executed on April 11, 1958. Defendants proceeded to subdivide the…