Sentaro Yanagi v. Kenshiro Oka

Citations

• 24 Haw. 176
• 1918 Haw. LEXIS 64

Syllabus

<p>Landlord and Tenant — summary possession — jurisdiction of district courts.</p> <p>In a summary proceeding plaintiff alleged a, wrongful withholding by defendant after the termination of an alleged tenancy; defendant filed his affidavit by way of answer or plea to the jurisdiction denying the tenancy alleged and claimed ownership and right of possession by virtue of purchase from plaintiff: Held, that the title to real estate was involved and that the cause should have been dismissed for want of jurisdiction.</p>