Territory of Hawaii ex rel. Rivenburgh v. Correa

Citations

• 24 Haw. 165

Syllabus

<p>Courts — objection for want of jurisdiction can be raised when.</p> <p>■Objection for want of jurisdiction, if it exists, may be raised by answer or at any subsequent stage of tbe proceedings and may be raised for tbe first time on appeal. It may, as a matter of fact, be raised by tbe court of its own motion.</p> <p>Same — jurisdiction of district courts in summary proceedings between lessor and lessee.</p> <p>Where a lease provides that the lessor may at any time withdraw all or any part of the demised premises for certain enumerated purposes, the refusal, after notice, of the lessee to part with the possession of the premises required by the lessor for one of the purposes specified in the lease constitutes a breach of a condition of the lease and works a forfeiture thereof, and the lessor may proceed under the authority of chapter 154 R. L. to regain possession of the premises by summary proceeding.</p>