Green v. Koslosky

DIMOND, Justice.

The appellee, Koslosky, bagged a ten and one-half foot polar bear on a hunt over the ice floes about 200 miles from Kotzebue. On the flight back to Anchorage he struck up a conversation with the appellant, Green, who had been a fur manufacturer and raw fur buyer for 40 years. Koslosky stated that he intended to have the bear skin mounted as a trophy, and Green recommended that the work be done by a taxidermist of his acquaintance in Bellingham, Washington. As a matter of accommodation, Green offered to have the work done for Koslosky at cost, and Koslosky gave the bear hide to…