HRS 0659-0001 ANNOTATIONS

Will not lie to remove manager of plantation. 5 H. 3. Writ to contest fire department election denied where by law members of a certain board are judges of validity of election. 8 H. 67.

Will lie to oust corporation officers illegally elected and in office unlawfully. 11 H. 22, 28; 22 H. 604; 28 H. 476; 34 H. 897. To try title to office. 22 H. 381, 383; 34 H. 12; 39 H. 431; 41 H. 1. As to pleadings and practice, see prior to adoption of Hawaii Rules of Civil Procedure: 11 H. 22, 29; 22 H. 385.

Writ must issue in the name of the sovereign. 11 H. 22, 29.

Under Act of 1876 quo warranto could not be had against officers of the government. 8 H. 542. Prior to amendment of 1907 counties held to be corporations within the meaning of the section. 17 H. 9.

Cited: 20 H. 290, 314.