Aguchak v. Montgomery Ward Co., Inc.

OPINION

Before RABINOWITZ, C. J., and CONNOR, ERWIN, BOOCHEVER and FITZGERALD, JJ. BOOCHEVER, Justice.

The Aguchaks have appealed from the refusal of the district and superior courts to set aside a default judgment obtained against them by Montgomery Ward in the sum of $988.28 plus costs. The action was commenced in the District Court, Third Judicial District at Anchorage, Alaska. The Aguchaks received service of summons by mail at their residence in the remote village of Scammon Bay, Alaska. Although the case concerns but a small sum, the structure and basic procedures of the Alaska small…