Watson v. Brown

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• holding that a statutory remedy is \merely cumulative and does not abolish an existing common law remedy unless so declared in express terms or by necessary implication\
• holding that a statutory remedy is “merely cumulative and does not abolish an existing common law remedy unless so declared in express terms or by necessary implication”
• stating that “[a] statutory remedy is, as a rule, merely cumulative and does not abolish an existing common law remedy unless so declared in express terms or by necessary implication”
• indicating eviction is generally a cause of action in landlord-tenant cases
• “A statutory remedy is, as a rule, merely cumulative and does not abolish existing common law remedy unless so declared in express terms or by necessary implication.”
• \[Q]uestions of fact [are] for the jury to decide[.]\

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

11 cases in this archive cite this case.

• In Re Water Use Permit Applications
  Hawaii Supreme Court· 2000-11-29· cited 218×
• Matsuura v. EI Du Pont De Nemours and Co.
  Hawaii Supreme Court· 2003-07-29· cited 63×
• Douglass v. Pflueger Hawaii, Inc.
  Hawaii Supreme Court· 2006-05-30· cited 58×
• State v. Blackshire
  Hawaii Intermediate Court of Appeals· 1993-10-27· cited 17×
• State v. Blackshire
  Hawaii Intermediate Court of Appeals· 1993-05-10· cited 15×
• Wahba, LLC v. Usrp (Don), LLC
  Hawaii Supreme Court· 2005-02-23· cited 12×
• Alii Security Systems, Inc. v. Professional Security Consultants
  Hawaii Intermediate Court of Appeals· 2016-09-29· cited 9×
• Smith v. Chaney Brooks Realty, Inc.
  Hawaii Intermediate Court of Appeals· 1994-01-21· cited 8×
• Kahawaiolaa v. Hawaiian Sun Investments, Inc.
  Hawaii Supreme Court· 2020-04-30· cited 5×
• Kahuku Agricultural Co. v. P. R. Cassiday, Inc.
  Hawaii Supreme Court· 1986-10-08· cited 2×
• Tseng v. Tseng
  Hawaii Intermediate Court of Appeals· 2024-11-22