Hawaii Supreme Court March 11, 2004, 24090 (Sugarman v. Kapu)

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Opinion of the Court by

ACOBA, J.

We hold that, (1) read in

pari materia,

Hawaii Revised Statutes (HRS) §§ 668-1 (1993) and -14 (1993), relating to the partition of real property, vest the circuit court with equitable discretion in judicial sales of such property, to reopen bidding after public auction but before confirmation of the public auction bid and (2) the court’s rejection of