Lum v. Stevens

*287OPINION OE THE COUBT BY

MABUMOTO, J.

This is an appeal from a decree denying the specific performance of a contract for the sale of 16.86 acres of land in Kalihi Valley, Honolulu. The suit was originally filed by Q. C. Lum, purchaser, against Frank Soffra, seller. During the pendency of the suit in the court below, Soffra died and Gertrude V. Stevens, administratrix of his estate, was substituted as respondent.

The contract upon which the suit is based was prepared by Benjamin Kong, a real estate broker, on a form of “Initial Payment Receipt and Contract” generally used by brokers in Honolulu.…