BARRETT v. GAGNON

No. 1861.

516 P.2d 1202 (1973)

Paula Bates BARRETT, Appellant, v. Elmer GAGNON and Esther Byrnes, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

December 17, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edgar Paul Boyko and Barry Donnellan of Edgar Paul Boyko & Associates, Anchorage, for appellant.

Juliana D. Wilson of Wilson & Wilson, Anchorage, for appellees.

Before RABINOWITZ, C.J., and CONNOR, ERWIN and BOOCHEVER, JJ.


OPINION

RABINOWITZ, Chief Justice.

The central question in this appeal is whether the trial court abused its discretion by virtue of its refusal to grant appellant's motion for continuance of the trial. On the particular facts of this record we hold that the superior court's denial of a continuance was an abuse of discretion.

On August 31, 1970, appellant Barrett signed an agreement to purchase real property from appellee Elmer Gagnon; the agent...

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