Ellingstad v. State, Department of Natural Resources

FABE, Justice.

I. INTRODUCTION

Karen Ellingstad, a purchaser under the Alaska land lottery sales program, sued the State for breach of contract because she received a quitclaim deed rather than a patent from the State’s assignee, the University of Alaska. Later, after Ellingstad missed several installment payments on two of her land contracts, the University sued to quiet title. Ellingstad moved to dismiss the quiet title action, claiming the University should have brought it as a compulsory counterclaim in the contract suit. Because the Universi*1003ty’s conveyance of a quitclaim deed to…