Hanakeawe v. Leho Management Co., Inc.

• Decision Date: 30 October 2001
• Docket Number: 22381,90-316K
• Citation: 36 P.3d 813,97 Haw 269
• Parties: <PartyHeader>MARGUERITE HANAKEAWE AKA MARGUERITE HANAKEAWE JOHNSTON, AND DENNIS HANAKEAWE, PLAINTIFFS-APPELLANTS/APPELLEES/CROSS-APPELLEES, AND OLIVIA MAILE, MEDEIROS AQUINO, JOYCE LOKELANI OLGA MEDEIROS FARIAS, DIANA KILANI HANAKEAWE FURTADO, RICHARD SEMONA GAUDIA, RUBEN HINANO GAUDIA, OLINDA APRIL KALEI CAPISO GAUDIA KAMAKAHI, ODELLA PIILANI GAUDIA NAKANELUA, DAVID KALEI HANAKEAWE, DORIS KAULAAIHAWANE KAMAHELE HANAKEAWE, DENISE KAIULANI HANAKEAWE, DONNA KILOHANA HANAKEAWE, DUANE KAIPO HANAKEAWE, DAVERY KAMANU HANAKEAWE, DUENNA KUUIPO HANAKEAWE, FRANCINE LOLA KAMAILE ESCALONA PESTANA, AND DORIS KALUA HANAKEAWE PREUSS, APPELLANTS/APPELLEES/CROSS-APPELLEES v. LEHO MANAGEMENT CO., INC., A CORPORATION, KBD, INC., A NEVADA CORPORATION, NAKILUA HEIRS OF NAKILAU, KEAKA, HEIRS OF KEAKA, KOHANANUE AKA KAHANANUI AKA HANANUI, HEIRS OF KOHANANUE, KEKUHEWA, HEIRS OF KEKUHEWA, KEKAA, HEIRS OF KEKAA, C.C. EAKIN, HEIRS OF H.P. EAKIN, SARAH KALAHIKI, HEIRS OF SARAH KALAHIKI, STATE OF HAWAII, DEPARTMENT OF LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCES, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, BY ITS NATIONAL PARKS SERVICE, NATIONAL PARK SERVICE, JOHN DOES 1-10, JANE DOES 1-10, DOE CORPORATIONS 1-10, DOE ENTITIES 1-10, DOE GOVERNMENTAL AGENCIES 1-10, AND ALL OTHER NOTICE PERSONS, FIRMS, CORPORATIONS CLAIMING ANY RIGHT, TITLE AND INTEREST OR LIEN IN THE REAL PROPERTIES DESCRIBED IN PLAINTIFFS' COMPLAINT, BY, THOROUGH OR UNDER ANY NAMED DEFENDANT AND UNKNOWN PERSONS GENERALLY, DEFENDANTS-APPELLEES/APPELLEES/CROSS-APPELLEES, AND NANSAY HAWAII, INC., A HAWAII CORPORATION, DEFENDANT-CROSSCLAIMANT-APPELLEE/APPELLEE/CROSS-APPELLANT, AND HEIRS OF KAPENA, HEIRS OF NAAUKIUKIU, HEIRS OF KEAKA, HEIRS OF KEKUHEWA, HEIRS OF KOHANANUI AKA KAHANANUI OR HANANUI, HEIRS OF KAHAPEA, HEIRS OF KEKAA, HEIRS OF KALIHIOLE, HEIRS OF S.W. KAHAPEA, HEIRS OF JOSEPH NALUA KAHAPEA, HEIRS OF DANIEL ALIELA KAHAPEA, HEIRS OF KAIWI KAHAPEA, HEIRS OF FRANK PIULU KAHAPEA, HEIRS OF MABEL KALEI KAHAPEA, HEIRS OF MARVIN ARRUDA, HEIRS OF MARY KAIWI KAHAPEA KAELEMAKULE, HEIRS OF FRANK KAHAPEA, HEIRS OF KALEI KAHAPEA, JOSEPH NAILAU, JR., ESTATE OF MARGUERITE HANAKEAWE JOHNSTON, JOYCE LOLEKANI OLGA FARIAS, OLIVIA MAILE MEDEIROS AQUINO, RICHARD SIMEONA GAUDIA, ODELLA PIILANI NAKANELUA, OLINDA A.K.C. KAMAKAHI, FRANCINE L.K. PESTANA, HEIRS OF DAVID KANE HANAKEAWE, DONNA KILOHANA HANAKEAWE, DIANA KILANI FURTADO, DUENA KUUPIO HANAKEAWE, DAVID KALEI HANAKEAWE, DORIS KAPIOLANI PREUSS, DUANE KAIPO HANAKEAWE, DENISE KAIULANI HANAKEAWE, DAVERY KAMANU HANAKEAWE, HEIRS OF SARAH KALAHIKI, HEIRS OF SARAH UNEA WO MUN WON, HEIRS OF JOSEPH KAMAKA, ULULANI HUDDLESTON, MARIAN CHANNELS, DORIS RUFINO, GLEN LILINOE, GEORGE LILINOE, GAIL PERREIRA, JOANN LEE, KAREN LILINOE, TRACY LILINOE, ALAN LILINOE, JOHN HUDDLESTON, JOHANNAH HUDDLESTON, HEIRS OF LILIAN WHITE, NATHAN WHITE, GREG WHITE, HEIRS OF EDWARD AIWOHI, ALICE PA, HEIRS OF ROSE KAHELE AIWOHI KOKI, CHARLENE KOKI AKA CHARLENE DEW, ELMYRA SILVER, HEIRS OF SARAH KAWAI BERRY, HEIRS OF THEMA REESE, HEIRS OF WILLIAM REESE, BARBARA ARRUDA, HEIRS OF EDWARD REESE, ERNEST KALAHIKI, SHEILA FULLER, HEIRS OF H.P. EAKIN, DOROTHY EAKIN BAGLEY, WILLIAM H.C. EAKIN, HEIRS OF GERTRUDE EAKIN KING, SANDRA NELSON, PATRICIA ESKENAZI, HEIRS OF NAKILAU, ROBERT FREITAS, AMY FREITAS, PHOEBE GOMES, ROSELINE BORING, ROSE BLACKBURN, STATE OF HAWAII, JOHN DOES 1-100, JANE DOES 1-100, DOE CORPORATIONS 1-10, DOE ENTITIES 1-10, DOE GOVERNMENTAL AGENCIES 1-10, AND ALL OTHER PERSONS, FIRMS AND CORPORATIONS CLAIMING ANY RIGHT, TITLE AND INTEREST OR LIEN IN THE REAL PROPERTIES DESCRIBED IN PLAINTIFFS' COMPLAINT, BY, THROUGH, OR UNDER ANY NAMED PARTY AND UNKNOWN PERSONS GENERALLY, CROSS-CLAIM-DEFENDANTS-APPELLEES/APPELLEES/CROSS-APPELLEES, AND KATHY K. ARRUDA, MARVIN KALEOOKALANI ARRUDA, ROBYNN K.M.Y. ELLIOTT, LAURIE ANN KALEI KALAMA, MARCIA HEIDI ESTOCADO, RICHARD ESTOCADO, RICHARD LEE ESTOCADO, BERNICE J.K. LEIALOHA, MAXINE ESTOCADO, WINONA A. BELL, LANNY ARRUDA, PRISCILLA REED-ARRUDA, MELBA MAE EVANOFF, DARMON ARRUDA, MANULEEN LAW, DAYTON ARRUDA, JO ANN ARRUDA, DOUGLAS ARRUDA, NADINE MEDEIROS, LANCE ARRUDA, ROCHELLE WALLER, THOMAS KAELEMAKULE, FRANK KANUI POOHIWI KAHAPEA, ROBERTA KAHAPEA BEE, SYLVESTER K. KAHAPEA, ROBERT J.K. KAHAPEA, RONALD K. KAHAPEA, CHESTER FRANK P. KAHAPEA, LURLINE KAHAPEA, JOSEPH NALUA KAHAPEA, GEORGE P.K. KAHAPEA, CROSS-CLAIM-DEFENDANTS-APPELLEES/APPELLANTS/CROSS-APPELLEES </PartyHeader>
• Court: Texas Court of Appeals

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97 Haw 269

36 P.3d 813

[2]

MARGUERITE HANAKEAWE AKA MARGUERITE HANAKEAWE JOHNSTON, AND DENNIS HANAKEAWE, PLAINTIFFS-APPELLANTS/APPELLEES/CROSS-APPELLEES, AND OLIVIA MAILE, MEDEIROS AQUINO, JOYCE LOKELANI OLGA MEDEIROS FARIAS, DIANA KILANI HANAKEAWE FURTADO, RICHARD SEMONA GAUDIA, RUBEN HINANO GAUDIA, OLINDA APRIL KALEI CAPISO GAUDIA KAMAKAHI, ODELLA PIILANI GAUDIA NAKANELUA, DAVID KALEI HANAKEAWE, DORIS KAULAAIHAWANE KAMAHELE HANAKEAWE, DENISE KAIULANI HANAKEAWE, DONNA KILOHANA HANAKEAWE, DUANE KAIPO HANAKEAWE, DAVERY KAMANU HANAKEAWE, DUENNA KUUIPO HANAKEAWE, FRANCINE LOLA KAMAILE ESCALONA PESTANA, AND DORIS KALUA HANAKEAWE PREUSS, APPELLANTS/APPELLEES/CROSS-APPELLEES

v.

LEHO MANAGEMENT CO., INC., A CORPORATION, KBD, INC., A NEVADA CORPORATION, NAKILUA HEIRS OF NAKILAU, KEAKA, HEIRS OF KEAKA, KOHANANUE AKA KAHANANUI AKA HANANUI, HEIRS OF KOHANANUE, KEKUHEWA, HEIRS OF KEKUHEWA, KEKAA, HEIRS OF KEKAA, C.C. EAKIN, HEIRS OF H.P. EAKIN, SARAH KALAHIKI, HEIRS OF SARAH KALAHIKI, STATE OF HAWAII, DEPARTMENT OF LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCES, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, BY ITS NATIONAL PARKS SERVICE, NATIONAL PARK SERVICE, JOHN DOES 1-10, JANE DOES 1-10, DOE CORPORATIONS 1-10, DOE ENTITIES 1-10, DOE GOVERNMENTAL AGENCIES 1-10, AND ALL OTHER NOTICE PERSONS, FIRMS, CORPORATIONS CLAIMING ANY RIGHT, TITLE AND INTEREST OR LIEN IN THE REAL PROPERTIES DESCRIBED IN PLAINTIFFS' COMPLAINT, BY, THOROUGH OR UNDER ANY NAMED DEFENDANT AND UNKNOWN PERSONS GENERALLY, DEFENDANTS-APPELLEES/APPELLEES/CROSS-APPELLEES, AND NANSAY HAWAII, INC., A HAWAII CORPORATION, DEFENDANT-CROSSCLAIMANT-APPELLEE/APPELLEE/CROSS-APPELLANT, AND HEIRS OF KAPENA, HEIRS OF NAAUKIUKIU, HEIRS OF KEAKA, HEIRS OF KEKUHEWA, HEIRS OF KOHANANUI AKA KAHANANUI OR HANANUI, HEIRS OF KAHAPEA, HEIRS OF KEKAA, HEIRS OF KALIHIOLE, HEIRS OF S.W. KAHAPEA, HEIRS OF JOSEPH NALUA KAHAPEA, HEIRS OF DANIEL ALIELA KAHAPEA, HEIRS OF KAIWI KAHAPEA, HEIRS OF FRANK PIULU KAHAPEA, HEIRS OF MABEL KALEI KAHAPEA, HEIRS OF MARVIN ARRUDA, HEIRS OF MARY KAIWI KAHAPEA KAELEMAKULE, HEIRS OF FRANK KAHAPEA, HEIRS OF KALEI KAHAPEA, JOSEPH NAILAU, JR., ESTATE OF MARGUERITE HANAKEAWE JOHNSTON, JOYCE LOLEKANI OLGA FARIAS, OLIVIA MAILE MEDEIROS AQUINO, RICHARD SIMEONA GAUDIA, ODELLA PIILANI NAKANELUA, OLINDA A.K.C. KAMAKAHI, FRANCINE L.K. PESTANA, HEIRS OF DAVID KANE HANAKEAWE, DONNA KILOHANA HANAKEAWE, DIANA KILANI FURTADO, DUENA KUUPIO HANAKEAWE, DAVID KALEI HANAKEAWE, DORIS KAPIOLANI PREUSS, DUANE KAIPO HANAKEAWE, DENISE KAIULANI HANAKEAWE, DAVERY KAMANU HANAKEAWE, HEIRS OF SARAH KALAHIKI, HEIRS OF SARAH UNEA WO MUN WON, HEIRS OF JOSEPH KAMAKA, ULULANI HUDDLESTON, MARIAN CHANNELS, DORIS RUFINO, GLEN LILINOE, GEORGE LILINOE, GAIL PERREIRA, JOANN LEE, KAREN LILINOE, TRACY LILINOE, ALAN LILINOE, JOHN HUDDLESTON, JOHANNAH HUDDLESTON, HEIRS OF LILIAN WHITE, NATHAN WHITE, GREG WHITE, HEIRS OF EDWARD AIWOHI, ALICE PA, HEIRS OF ROSE KAHELE AIWOHI KOKI, CHARLENE KOKI AKA CHARLENE DEW, ELMYRA SILVER, HEIRS OF SARAH KAWAI BERRY, HEIRS OF THEMA REESE, HEIRS OF WILLIAM REESE, BARBARA ARRUDA, HEIRS OF EDWARD REESE, ERNEST KALAHIKI, SHEILA FULLER, HEIRS OF H.P. EAKIN, DOROTHY EAKIN BAGLEY, WILLIAM H.C. EAKIN, HEIRS OF GERTRUDE EAKIN KING, SANDRA NELSON, PATRICIA ESKENAZI, HEIRS OF NAKILAU, ROBERT FREITAS, AMY FREITAS, PHOEBE GOMES, ROSELINE BORING, ROSE BLACKBURN, STATE OF HAWAII, JOHN DOES 1-100, JANE DOES 1-100, DOE CORPORATIONS 1-10, DOE ENTITIES 1-10, DOE GOVERNMENTAL AGENCIES 1-10, AND ALL OTHER PERSONS, FIRMS AND CORPORATIONS CLAIMING ANY RIGHT, TITLE AND INTEREST OR LIEN IN THE REAL PROPERTIES DESCRIBED IN PLAINTIFFS' COMPLAINT, BY, THROUGH, OR UNDER ANY NAMED PARTY AND UNKNOWN PERSONS GENERALLY, CROSS-CLAIM-DEFENDANTS-APPELLEES/APPELLEES/CROSS-APPELLEES, AND KATHY K. ARRUDA, MARVIN KALEOOKALANI ARRUDA, ROBYNN K.M.Y. ELLIOTT, LAURIE ANN KALEI KALAMA, MARCIA HEIDI ESTOCADO, RICHARD ESTOCADO, RICHARD LEE ESTOCADO, BERNICE J.K. LEIALOHA, MAXINE ESTOCADO, WINONA A. BELL, LANNY ARRUDA, PRISCILLA REED-ARRUDA, MELBA MAE EVANOFF, DARMON ARRUDA, MANULEEN LAW, DAYTON ARRUDA, JO ANN ARRUDA, DOUGLAS ARRUDA, NADINE MEDEIROS, LANCE ARRUDA, ROCHELLE WALLER, THOMAS KAELEMAKULE, FRANK KANUI POOHIWI KAHAPEA, ROBERTA KAHAPEA BEE, SYLVESTER K. KAHAPEA, ROBERT J.K. KAHAPEA, RONALD K. KAHAPEA, CHESTER FRANK P. KAHAPEA, LURLINE KAHAPEA, JOSEPH NALUA KAHAPEA, GEORGE P.K. KAHAPEA, CROSS-CLAIM-DEFENDANTS-APPELLEES/APPELLANTS/CROSS-APPELLEES

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NO. 22381

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Hawaii Supreme Court

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APPEAL FROM THE THIRD CIRCUIT COURT (CIV. NO. 90-316K)

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October 30, 2001

[7] By: Moon, C.J., Levinson, Nakayama, Ramil, JJ., and Circuit Court Judge G. Chang, Assigned by Reason of Vacancy

[8] On the briefs Stephen K. Yamashiro for the plaintiffs-appellants/ appellees/cross-appellees the estate of Marguerite Hanakeawe (aka Marguerite Hanakeawe Johnston) Dennis Kane Hanakeawe (aka Dennis Hanakeawe) Olivia Maile Medeiros Aquino Joyce Lokelani Olga Medeiros Farias, Diana Kilani Hanakeawe Furtado, Richard Semona Gaudia Ruben Hinano Gaudia, Olinda April Kalei Capiso Gaudia Kamakahi, Odella Piilani Gaudia Nakanelua, David Kalei Hanakeawe Doris Kaulaaihawane Kamahele Hanakeawe, Denise Kaiulani Hanakeawe, Donna Kilohana Hanakeawe, Duane Kaipo Hanakeawe, Davery Kamanu Hanakeawe, Duenna Kuuipo Hanakeawe, Francine Lola Kamaile Escalona Pestana, and Doris Kalua Hanakeawe Preuss. Richard N. Wurdeman for the cross-claim defendants-appellees/appellants/cross-appellees Dayton Arruda, Darmon Arruda, Douglas Arruda, Kathy K. Arruda, Jo Ann Arruda, Lance Arruda, Lanny Arruda, Marvin Kaleookalani Arruda, Roberta Kahapea Bee, Winona A. Bell, Robyn K.M.Y. Elliott, Laurie Ann Kalei Kalama, Marsha Heidi Estocado, the Estate of Maxine Estocado, Richard Estocado, Richard Lee Estocado, Melba Mae Evanoff, Thomas Kaelemakule, George P.K. Kahapea (aka Chester George P.K. Kahapea), Chester Frank P. Kahapea, Frank Kanui Poohiwi Kahapea, Joseph Nalua Kahapea (aka Nalua Joseph Kahapea), Lurline Kahapea, Robert J.K. Kahapea, Ronald K. Kahapea, Sylvester K. Kahapea, Mauleen Law, Bernice J.K. Leialoha, Nadine Medeiros, Priscilla Reed Arruda, and Rochelle Walker. Michael W. Gibson and Francis P. Hogan (of Ashford & Wriston) for the defendant-crossclaimant-appellee/appellee/cross-appellant Nansay Hawaii, Inc.

[9] SUMMARY DISPOSITION ORDER

[10] Upon careful review of the record and the briefs submitted by the parties and having given due consideration to the arguments advanced and the issues raised in these consolidated appeals, ^*fn1 we note that, on January 21, 1999, the circuit court, the Honorable Ronald Ibarra presiding, entered a judgment and decree quieting title to some 442 acres of land known as Royal Patent Grant 3086 ("the property") in favor of the defendant-crossclaimant-appellee/appellee/cross-appellant Nansay Hawaii, Inc. and against the plaintiffs-appellants/appellees/ cross-appellees the Estate of Marguerite Hanakeawe (aka Marguerite Hanakeawe Johnston), Dennis Kane Hanakeawe (aka Dennis Hanakeawe), Olivia Maile Medeiros Aquino, Joyce Lokelani Olga Medeiros Farias, Diana Kilani Hanakeawe Furtado, Richard Semona Gaudia, Ruben Hinano Gaudia, Olinda April Kalei Capiso Gaudia Kamakahi, Odella Piilani Gaudia Nakanelua, David Kalei Hanakeawe, Doris Kaulaaihawane Kamahele Hanakeawe, Denise Kaiulani Hanakeawe, Donna Kilohana Hanakeawe, Duane Kaipo Hanakeawe, Davery Kamanu Hanakeawe, Duenna Kuuipo Hanakeawe, Francine Lola Kamaile Escalona Pestana, and Doris Kalua Hanakeawe Preuss, who are lineal descendants of Kalei Kahapea, deceased, (collectively, "the heirs of Kalei Kahapea"), and against the cross-claim defendants-appellees/appellants/cross-appellees Dayton Arruda, Darmon Arruda, Douglas Arruda, Kathy K. Arruda, Jo Ann Arruda, Lance Arruda, Lanny Arruda, Marvin Kaleookalani Arruda, Roberta Kahapea Bee, Winona A. Bell, Robyn K.M.Y. Elliott, Laurie Ann Kalei Kalama, Marsha Heidi Estocado, the Estate of Maxine Estocado, Richard Estocado, Richard Lee Estocado, Melba Mae Evanoff, Thomas Kaelemakule, George P.K. Kahapea (aka Chester George P.K. Kahapea), Chester Frank P. Kahapea, Frank Kanui Poohiwi Kahapea, Joseph Nalua Kahapea (aka Nalua Joseph Kahapea), Lurline Kahapea, Robert J.K. Kahapea, Ronald K. Kahapea, Sylvester K. Kahapea, Mauleen Law, Bernice J.K. Leialoha, Nadine Medeiros, Priscilla Reed Arruda, and Rochelle Walker, who are lineal descendants of Frank Piulu Kahapea, deceased, (collectively, "the heirs of Frank Piulu Kahapea"). The January 21, 1999 judgment was certified under Hawaii Rules of Civil Procedure (HRCP) Rule 54(b) as a final judgment. [11] On January 27, 1999, Nansay Hawaii filed a motion to amend the January 21, 1999 judgment to correct a technical error in an appendix containing a description of the property by metes and bounds. The January 27, 1999 motion was thus a motion to correct a clerical error pursuant to HRCP Rule 60(a) (1999) and not a motion to alter or amend judgment pursuant to HRCP Rule 59(e) (1999). See Kalawaia v. AIG Hawaii Ins. Co., 90 Hawaii 167, 172 n.8, 977 P.2d 175, 180 n.8 (1999) ("Where the motion to amend the judgment is only to correct a clerical mistake, HRCP Rule 60(a) would apply."); Madden v. Madden, 43 Haw. 148, 149-50 (1959) ("Under the rules, the substance of the pleading controls, not the nomenclature given to the pleading."); Ditto v. McCurdy, 86 Hawaii 93, 112, 947 P.2d 961, 980 (App. 1997) (citing Osterneck v. Ernst & Whinney, 489 U.S. 169 (1989)); Brown v. Local 58, International Bd. of Elec. Workers, AFL-CIO, 76 F.3d 762, 768 (6th Cir. 1996); United States v. Deutsch, 981 F.2d 299, 301 n.2 (7th Cir. 1992); Miller v. Transamerican Press, Inc., 709 F.2d 524, 527 (9th Cir. 1983); cf. Korsak v. Hawaii Permanente Medical Group, 94 Hawaii 297, 303-05, 12 P.3d 1238, 1244-46 (2000). Therefore, Nansay Hawaii's January 27, 1999 motion did not affect the time within which to file a notice of appeal pursuant to Hawaii Rules of Appellate Procedure (HRAP) Rule 4(a)(4) (1999). Se ...