Martin v. Mears

OPINION

Before RABINOWITZ, C. J., CONNOR, BOOCHEVER and MATTHEWS, JJ., and DIMOND, Senior Justice. RABINOWITZ, Chief Justice.

This appeal arises from the superior court’s entry of an order dismissing appellant Martin’s complaint “with prejudice for the reason that it fails to state a claim upon which relief can be granted due to the provisions of Alaska’s statute of frauds, AS 09.25.010(a).” 1

Martin’s complaint stated that he and Mears “owned as tenants in common” 4.6 acres of land “situated on the east bank of the Nuyakuk River, near the outlet of Tikchik Lake, Alaska,” and that they “each…