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PETER PAN SEAFOODS, INC. v. STEPANOFF

No. 5789.

650 P.2d 375 (1982)

PETER PAN SEAFOODS, INC., Appellant, v. Glen STEPANOFF, Joyce Stepanoff, and also, all other persons or parties unknown claiming a right, title, estate, lien or interest in the real estate described in the complaint in this action, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

September 10, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Melvin M. Stephens, II, Hartig, Rhodes, Norman, Mahoney & Edwards, Kodiak, for appellant.

Margie MacNeille, Duncan, Weinberg & Miller, Anchorage, as amicus curiae for appellee.

Before BURKE, C.J., RABINOWITZ, MATTHEWS and COMPTON, JJ. and DIMOND, Senior Justice.

OPINION

DIMOND, Senior Justice.

This appeal challenges the propriety of the trial court's refusal to enter a default judgment in a quiet title action. The trial court's refusal was apparently based on its finding that the defaulting defendant, Joyce Stepanoff, has never formally conveyed her property interest in the disputed parcel of land but instead retains a present ownership interest. We recognize that care must be taken to ensure that an absent defendant...

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