City of Honolulu v. Collins

*200OPINION OP THE COURT BY

RICE, C. J.

Tbe City and County of Honolulu, a municipal corporation, as plaintiff, instituted a proceeding in eminent domain to condemn and so acquire property in tbe Haiku valley on tbe windward side of tbe island of Oabu, for tbe purpose of construction, development, extension and improvement of tbe Kaneohe-Kailua water system.

Tbe petition was filed on July 19, 1940. After preliminary matters were disposed of in tbe intervening period, trial in tbe circuit court, first circuit, without jury, was commenced on July 14, 1953.

Tbe parties to tbe trial were tbe said City…