Chow Tim Tanabe v. Lopez

The two cases (equity number 4953 and equity number 5035) were consolidated for trial as both involve the question of the legality of an attempted forfeiture of a lease and the claims for damages against the lessor because of illegal trespass and re-entry following such alleged forfeiture of lease.

In substance the pleadings and proof showed that the Waialua Agricultural Company, Limited, on May 8, 1941, itself a lessee, sublet certain premises comprising 5.13 acres of farm land to appellant, Richard Lopez, for a term of twenty-nine years. Lopez sublet the same 5.13 acres to Walter S. Tanabe,…