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BIGLER v. GRAHAM CTY.

No. 2 CA-CIV 3634.

128 Ariz. 474 (1981)

626 P.2d 1106

Zane BIGLER and Ruby Bigler, husband and wife, Plaintiffs/Appellees-Cross Appellants, v. GRAHAM COUNTY, a Body Politic, Glenn H. Dowdle and Jean P. Dowdle, husband and wife, Defendants/Appellants-Cross Appellees. Glenn H. DOWDLE and Jean P. Dowdle, husband and wife, Cross Claimants/Cross Appellees, v. GRAHAM COUNTY, a body politic, Cross Defendant/Cross Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Arizona, Division 2.

Rehearing Denied March 11, 1981.

Review Denied March 31, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Law Offices of Paul G. Rees, Jr., P.C. by H. Micheal Wright, Tucson, for plaintiffs/appellees-cross appellants.

Jack M. Williams, Graham County Atty., Safford, for defendant/appellant-cross appellee and cross defendant/cross appellant.

Leonard M. Bell, Scottsdale, for defendants/appellants-cross appellees and cross claimants/cross appellees.

OPINION

HOWARD, Judge.

Does adverse possession run against the state holding land for a tax sale for non-payment of taxes? If not, can title to such land be acquired by estoppel? We answer both of these questions in the negative.

The property in dispute is a 20-acre parcel of farm land in Safford, Graham County, Arizona. It was originally deeded by patent in 1910 to W.D. Spear. Spear deeded the property to Crotts and it was subsequently deeded to S...

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