Alaska State Housing Authority v. Contento

NESBETT, Chief Justice.

The appellees John and Eleanor Con-tento were the owners of the Family Shoe Store, located in a building in Fairbanks which had been purchased by appellant Alaska State Housing Authority in connection with its downtown urban renewal project. According to appellant’s testimony, the appellees were dilatory in removing their merchandise from the premises, and because of this appellant’s demolition contractor was in the process of demolishing one portion of the building while ap-pellees were still engaged in moving their merchandise to new premises next door. Strained…