HRS 0506-0004 ANNOTATIONS

Later mortgagee having actual notice of earlier mortgage is not entitled to priority merely because earlier mortgage omitted book and page references required by §502-33. Haw Supp, 4 HBJ, Nov 1966, at 30.

Ambiguity in mortgage should be resolved against drafter, particularly where interests of a party not privy to the mortgage contract are sought to be encumbered. 62 H. 188, 613 P.2d 1315.