Ellis v. Cassidy

625 F.2d 227 William S. ELLIS, Jr., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. David B. CASSIDY, Aaron M. Chaney, Tim Fook Tom, U. S. Fidelity & Guaranty Company, a Foreign Corporation, Security Title Corporation, a Hawaii Corporation, Lyman T. Harada, Katsuyo Harada, Stephen T. Harada, William F. Crockett, Edward F. Mason, Shackley F. Raffetto, Paul A. Lynch, and Don Jeffrey Gelber, Defendants-Appellees. Nos. 79-4160, 78-2483 and 77-4009. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. June 20, 1980. Rehearing Denied Aug. 26, 1980. William S. Ellis, Jr., in pro. per. on brief. Thomas M. Culbertson, Honolulu, Hawaii, on brief for Cassidy. Wallace S. Fujiyama, Honolulu, Hawaii, on brief, for Gelber. Roy F. Hughes, Honolulu, Hawaii, on brief for Chaney. On Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Hawaii. Before MERRILL and SNEED, Circuit Judges, and REED, * District Judge. MERRILL, Circuit Judge: 1 In 1964, Olinda Associates, a partnership, appellant Ellis's predecessor in title to land located on the Island of Maui, defaulted on its purchase money note and the mortgagees, Lyman T. and Katsuyo Harada, brought suit for foreclosure of the mortgage. A decree of foreclosure and…