Takabuki v. Hung Wo Ching

OPINION OF THE COURT BY

NAKAMURA, J.

A clash of views over the acquisition of a building to house the offices of the Estate of Bernice Pauahi Bishop culminates in an appeal by Ex-trustee Hung Wo Ching and a cross-appeal by Trustee Matsuo Takabuki from ajudgment and order of the Circuit Court of the First Circuit on Takabuki’s “Bill for Instructions and Cláim for Surcharge Against Hung Wo Ching” and the latter’s “Counterclaim” seeking relief of like character. The court con- eluded after trial that it lacked power to adjudge “the propriety of the Trustees’ exercise of discretion in their…