IN RE ESTATE OF EVANS

No. S-6264.

901 P.2d 1138 (1995)

In re the Estate of Gerald M. EVANS, Deceased. LAW OFFICE OF WILLIAM F. BRATTAIN II, and Shulkin, Hutton & Bucknell, Inc., P.S., Appellants, v. Merwin E. ANDERSON, Personal Representative of Estate of Gerald M. Evans, Deceased, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

September 8, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William F. Brattain, Baker, Brattain & Huguelet, Anchorage, for appellants.

Winston S. Burbank, Call, Barrett & Burbank, Fairbanks, for appellee.

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


OPINION

MOORE, Chief Justice.

I. INTRODUCTION

Appellants (the lawyers) are the holders of a promissory note executed by Gerald Evans two years before his death. The lawyers filed a petition for payment against the Evans estate. The superior court held their claim time-barred under AS 13.16.475(a), and entered summary judgment in favor of the estate. We reverse.

II. FACTS AND...

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