Opinion ID: 1207558
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Heading: The findings of fact of the trial judge.

Text: Appellant's specifications of error 1 through 5 challenge the findings of the trial judge as being contrary to the weight of the credible evidence. Needless to say, the rule in this jurisdiction is that this court will not pass upon issues resting upon the credibility of witnesses and the weight of the evidence, Shannon v. Murphy, 49 Haw. 661, 667, 426 P.2d 816 (1967), nor will we set aside the findings of the trial court unless we are driven irrefragably to the conclusion that all objective appraisals of the evidence would result in a different finding, Low v. Honolulu Rapid Transit Co., 50 Haw. 582, 445 P.2d 372 (1968). Our examination of the record does not compel us to set aside the findings of the trial judge. The circumstances surrounding the making of the note indicate that the defendants executed the note with the reasonable expectation that plaintiff would forbear from collecting the debt due and would grant further services to Clark Enterprises, Inc. The fact that plaintiff did forbear and did continue to render services in satisfaction of defendants' expectations justified the trial court's finding of consideration for the guaranty. The trial judge, however, did not find sufficient evidence to believe an oral release was given; nor could he find evidence that the local manager had authority to give a release of corporate assets. We fail to find otherwise.