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HORSFORD v. ESTATE OF HORSFORD

No. 2653.

561 P.2d 722 (1977)

William C. HORSFORD, Jr., and Mary C. Horsford, Heirs, Appellants, v. ESTATE of William C. HORSFORD, Deceased, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

March 16, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles W. Hagans and Timothy M. Stone, Anchorage, for appellants.

Warren W. Matthews, Anchorage, for appellee.

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

OPINION

RABINOWITZ, Justice.

This appeal presents questions concerning the appropriate method of allocating proceeds of a wrongful death case settlement between competing surviving statutory beneficiaries.

William C. Horsford died in a crash of an F27 aircraft at Iliamna Lake on December 2, 1968, leaving a widow, Dorothy (who was appointed administratrix of the estate), and two teenage children by a prior marriage, William, Jr. and Mary Horsford...

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