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2020 Hawaii Revised Statutes
Title 36. Civil Remedies and Defenses and Special Proceedings
657. Limitation of Actions
657-38 Possession, interrupting statute.
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HI Rev Stat § 657-38 (2020)
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§657-38 Possession, interrupting statute. No person shall be deemed to have been in possession of any lands within the meaning of this part, merely by reason of having made an entry thereon, unless the person has continued in open and peaceable possession of the same for the space of one year after such entry; or unless an action has been commenced upon the entry within one year after ouster. [L 1870, c 22, §7; am L 1909, c 103, §1; RL 1925, §2664; RL 1935, §3935; RL 1945, §10446; RL 1955, §241-37; HRS §657-38; gen ch 1985]
Case Notes
Tacking, privity of estate or title. 31 H. 108 (1929).
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