Young v. State

OPINION

ERWIN, Justice.

This is an appeal by Frank Young from the adverse decision of the trial court sitting without a jury. 1 We affirm.

In 1963, the State of Alaska let a construction contract to Peter Kiewit Sons’ Company for the construction of a highway to Chena Hot Springs, north of Fairbanks. The contract specifications required Peter Kiewit Sons’ Company to construct completed bridge approaches, the bridges themselves to be contracted for separately by the state.

On September 12, 1964, Edward Krivak and appellant Young, his passenger, drove in Krivak’s car to the area where the road…