Santos v. Perreira

OPINION OF THE COURT BY

BURNS, J.

Plaintiffs-Appellees Joseph and Harriet Santos (Santoses) obtained an injunction prohibiting Defendants-Appellees Charles, Edward, Clarence, and Benjamin Perreira (Perreiras) from obstructing the Santoses’ usage of a roadway easement across the Perreiras’ property.

We must decide (1) whether the trial court erred in denying the Perreiras’ Rule 41(b), Hawaii Rules of Civil Procedure (HRCP), motion for dismissal made at the close of Santoses’ evidence; (2) whether it erred in admitting five maps into evidence; (3) whether it erred in using the content of the…