Juliette Kam Oi Lee v. King Fong Wong

OPINION OF THE COURT BY

RICHARDSON, C.J.

Juliette Kam Oi Lee, Carol Kam Heong Gonzales, and Stephen Tin Loy Wong, plaintiffs-appellees, brought this action to impose a constructive trust for the benefit of the plaintiffs upon their respective interests in certain real property located on Huanui Street, Honolulu, Hawaii, which they had conveyed to their father, Ah Poy Wong.

The plaintiffs, together with Cleighton Tin Choy Wong and Robert Lee Hu Wong, are the children of Annie Lin Wong and Ah Poy Wong, who are both now deceased. Annie Lin Wong died intestate in 1964, leaving an undivided one-half…