Princiotta v. Municipality of Anchorage

OPINION

COMPTON, Justice.

This appeal is from the denial of a Civil Rule 60(b) motion to set aside two confessions of judgment without action entered into pursuant to Civil Rule 57(c) by Josef Princiotta in favor of the Municipality of Anchorage (MOA). We reverse.

I. FACTS AND PROCEEDINGS

On June 15, 1984, Princiotta and the MOA entered into a contract calling for Princiotta, a sculptor, to craft a large metallic statue of an eagle to adorn the Chug-iak Senior Housing Center. The MOA advanced Princiotta the sum of $12,000. Neither party has seen fit to preserve the contract or any of its…