[§659-1]  Definition.  This is an order issuing in the name of the State by a circuit court and directed to a person who claims or usurps an office of the State or of any subdivision thereof, or of any corporation or quasi-corporation, public or private, or any franchise, inquiring by what authority the person claims the office or franchise. [L 1876, c 39, §36; am L 1907, c 39, §1; RL 1925, §2716; RL 1935, §4258; RL 1945, §10279; RL 1955, §236-19; HRS §659-46; am L 1972, c 90, §3(a); ren HRS §659-1; gen ch 1985]

Case Notes

  Will not lie to remove manager of plantation.  5 H. 3 (1883).

  Writ to contest fire department election denied where by law members of a certain board are judges of validity of election.  8 H. 67 (1890).

  Pleadings and practice, prior to adoption of Hawaii Rules of Civil Procedure.  11 H. 22, 29 (1897); 22 H. 385 (1914).

  Will lie to oust corporation officers illegally elected and in office unlawfully.  11 H. 22, 28 (1897); 22 H. 604 (1915); 28 H. 476 (1925); 34 H. 897 (1939).

  Writ must issue in the name of the sovereign.  11 H. 22, 29 (1897).

  To try title to office.  22 H. 381, 383 (1914); 34 H. 12 (1936); 39 H. 431 (1952); 41 H. 1 (1955).

  Cited:  133 H. 229 (App.), 325 P.3d 641 (2014).