CHAPTER 659

QUO WARRANTO

Section

    659-1 Definition

    659-2 Against corporations, by attorney general

    659-3 Forfeiture of franchise

    659-4 Petition

    659-5 Answer

    659-6 Judgment as to offices; burden of proof

    659-7 Judgment according to nature of complaint

    659-8 Service

    659-9 Corporations not liable to writ, when

   659-10 Other actions

Note

  This chapter, formerly entitled Extraordinary Legal Remedies, was completely revised by L 1972, c 90, §3.  The sections of the chapter are renumbered as set forth below.  The following table shows the current disposition of the chapter.

DISPOSITION TABLE

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       HRS (1968)            Herein

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       659-1 to 9            R

       659-16 to 24          R

       659-31 to 40          R

       659-46                659-1

       659-47                659-2

       659-47.5              659-3

       659-48                659-4

       659-49                659-5

       659-50                R

       659-51                659-6

       659-52                659-7

       659-53                659-8

       659-54                659-9

       659-55                659-10

Rules of Court

  Applicability of Hawaii Rules of Civil Procedure, see HRCP rule 81(b)(4).

Case Notes

  Relief previously available by mandamus may be obtained by appropriate action under the civil rules of procedure.  54 H. 274, 506 P.2d 8 (1973).

  Trial court properly dismissed quo warranto petition against Maui corporation counsel as moot.  73 H. 223, 832 P.2d 253 (1992).