Murray v. Ledbetter

OPINION

BRYNER, Chief Justice.

I. INTRODUCTION

Hershell Murray appeals a decision by the Alaska superior court that refused to enforce an Idaho judgment against Katherine Led-better because, in the court’s view, the judgment had been obtained by fraud on the Idaho court and had thereby deprived Katherine of an opportunity to be heard. But the trial court did not find an intentional fraud or a reckless misrepresentation. Moreover, Murray was not involved in the misrepresentation. And the record shows that Katherine’s failure to appear and defend in the Idaho action largely resulted from her own…