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HITT v. J.B. COGHILL, INC.

No. 5727.

641 P.2d 211 (1982)

Amelia E. HITT as Personal Representative of the Estate of Vance R. Hitt, Appellant, v. J.B. COGHILL, INC., an Alaskan Corporation, d/b/a Coghill Oil Company, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

March 5, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kenneth P. Jacobus, Hughes, Thorsness, Gantz, Powell & Brundin, Anchorage, for appellant.

Paul A. Barrett, Call, DeWitt & Barrett, Fairbanks, for appellee.

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

OPINION

MATTHEWS, Justice.

AS 13.16.460(a)(1) provides that all claims against a decedent's estate arising before his death are barred unless presented within four months after the date notice to creditors is first published in a newspaper of general circulation.1 Appellant plead this statute as an affirmative defense in her answer to appellee's complaint. However, because of her non...

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