When a cause of action has arisen in any foreign jurisdiction, and by the laws thereof an action thereon cannot there be maintained against a person, by reason of the lapse of time, an action thereon shall not be maintained against the person in this State, except in favor of a domiciled resident thereof, who has held the cause of action from the time it accrued.
Haw. Rev. Stat. § 657-9
Action barred in foreign jurisdiction
Applied in 2 court decisions — leading case Flowers v. Carville (2002)
Most recently applied in Flowers v. Carville (November 2002)
CC 1859, §1167; RL 1925, §2646; RL 1935, §3917; RL 1945, §10428; RL 1955, §241-8; HRS §657-9; gen ch 1985
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