James v. McCombs

OPINION

RABINOWITZ, Justice.

I. INTRODUCTION

This appeal arises out of a purchase of the agricultural interest in a parcel of land originally held as part of the corpus of the Alaska Mental Health Trust and subsequently acquired by Joan McCombs. J. Michael James, who purchased the agricultural interest in land from McCombs, sued McCombs based on claims relating to the Mental Health Trust Lands litigation (State v. Weiss, 706 P.2d 681 (Alaska 1985)), which he argues impaired the title he received when he purchased the land. James contends that this alleged impairment breached a covenant in the…