
Plat P–67, recorded in July 1947, was a topography of the land owned by Ary and Marston. Over the years several plats of the area were created and recorded. The ownership of the parcel described in the Beachfront Deed is at issue in this case. In June 1949 Ary conveyed to Marston via quitclaim deed the “Beachfront Deed,” described as “ll my right, title and interest to the Beach and Waterfront lying in front of the 550 feet originally sold to Marston out of the west side waterfront of the Lynn Ary Homestead and adjoining the Simonson Homestead.” Marston recorded the Beachfront Deed in 1954, and he never conveyed the property to Union Bank. In September 1946 Marston conveyed two deeds to Union Bank, one of which was a warranty deed conveying to Union Bank almost all of the 1943 conveyance from Ary to Marston except for a fifty foot strip of land on the western edge of the parcel. On its face, this conveyance does not appear to extend to the pre-earthquake mean high-tide line the northern boundary appears to terminate at the top of a 50–70 foot bluff face, short of the mean high-tide line. In 1943 Lynn Ary conveyed to Marvin Marston by warranty deed a piece of property in what is now the Turnagain area of Anchorage. The superior court concluded that the lot owners failed to show a substantial interest in the disputed parcel and that, even if the lot owners did have a substantial interest, the statute of limitations barred their claim. The Municipality argued that the lot owners did not have a substantial interest in the disputed property and that the statute of limitations barred the lot owners' claim. The parties do not dispute that the Municipality of Anchorage owns the new land between the pre-earthquake mean high-tide line and the post-earthquake mean high-tide line. Despite the plats of the subdivision apparently indicating that their lots' northern boundary is at the top of the pre-earthquake bluff face, the lot owners alleged that their property actually extends north to the pre-earthquake mean high-tide line. This caused the existing land between the preearthquake bluff face and the pre-earthquake mean high-tide line to become developable and created new land between the pre-earthquake mean high-tide line and the post-earthquake mean high-tide line. Appellants Matthew Fink and Diane Wilke (the lot owners) currently own four of the six lots at issue in this case.ĭuring the Good Friday Earthquake of 1964, the bluff face flattened out and slid northward into Knik Arm. The bluff itself was just south of the mean high-tide line 2 of Knik Arm the land between the northern boundary of the lots and the mean high-tide line was not developable land.

As initially platted the northern subdivision boundary stopped just south of a 50–70 foot bluff. The property was initially subdivided in May 1952 as part of Block K, Turnagain Heights Subdivision. The land is in the shape of a parallelogram its long sides run in a northeasterly direction up Knik Arm and its short sides run north-south. The dispute in this case concerns a narrow strip of land in the Turnagain area of Anchorage immediately west of Lyn Ary Park and bordering Knik Arm. Falsey, Municipal Attorney, Anchorage, for Appellee. Owens, Assistant Municipal Attorney, and William D. Gorski, Hughes Gorski Seedorf Odsen & Tervooren, LLC, Anchorage, Robert P. Stehle, The Law Office of Michael Stehle, PC, Anchorage, for Appellants. S–15614 Decided: September 16, 2016īefore: Stowers, Chief Justice, Fabe, Winfree, and Bolger, Justices. Taking care of dermatology patients, together, represents a fulfillment of the Finks's decades-long dream to work side-by-side.Matthew Fink and Diane Wilke, Appellants, v. In fact, Dr Fink is so focused on facilitating a familial culture in his practice, he is proud to work with his wife Kristin, a dermatology Physician Assistant, in the same clinic at Saint Luke's every day. From San Antonio, he moved on to complete his dermatology residency at Emory, in Atlanta, and served as Chief Resident there during his final year of training.Ī commitment to exceptional patient care and the importance of creating a family atmosphere are the philosophical tenets for Dr. Fink was inducted into Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society, and graduated ranked first in his class. Fink was awarded a scholarship to medical school at the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, starting coursework there in 2008.

After working in telecommunications and real estate for several years, Dr. Fink studied psychology on an academic scholarship at Truman State University in Kirksville, Mo, where he completed his degree in 2002. He is a native Kansas Citian, raised in Olathe, and is thrilled to return to the area after completing his medical training in Texas and Georgia.Īfter graduating from Olathe East High School in 1998, Dr. Fink joined Saint Luke's Physician Specialists in September of 2016.
