SPARKS v. GUSTAFSON

No. S-1603.

750 P.2d 338 (1988)

Robert J. SPARKS, Jr., personally and as Executor of the Estate of Robert J. Sparks, Sr., deceased, Appellant. v. Ernie GUSTAFSON and Nome Business Venture, Inc., an Alaska Corporation, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

February 19, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Reginald J. Christie, Jr. and David Gorman, Jim Christie & Associates, Anchorage, for appellant.

C.R. Kennelly, Kennelly, Azar & Donohue, P.C., Anchorage, for appellees.

Before RABINOWITZ, C.J., and BURKE, MATTHEWS, COMPTON and MOORE, JJ.


OPINION

MATTHEWS, Justice.

Robert J. Sparks, Jr., executor of his father's estate (Estate), appeals from a superior court decision ordering the Estate to pay $65,706.07 to the plaintiff, Ernie Gustafson, in compensation for management services that Gustafson rendered to the Estate and for maintaining and improving Estate property. The central issue presented here is whether it is unjust to allow the Estate to retain these benefits without paying for them...

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