§659-4 Petition. The order is obtained by petition addressed to a circuit court, setting out facts sufficient to show a right to the order, and sworn to if the application is made by a private individual, or is made by the attorney general as provided by section 659-6. [L 1876, c 39, §38; RL 1925, §2718; RL 1935, §4260; RL 1945, §10281; RL 1955, §236-21; HRS §659-48; am L 1972, c 90, §3(d); ren HRS §659-4]
Case Notes
Sufficiency of petition. 17 H. 9 (1905); 22 H. 385, 387 (1914).
Private individual is a proper party to apply for writ. 39 H. 431 (1952).
Appellant's petition sufficiently stated that appellant was a resident, taxpayer, and qualified voter of Maui County, thus establishing appellant's standing to bring petition. 74 H. 394, 846 P.2d 894 (1993).