UDALL, Chief Justice.
There are two sound reasons, neither of them suggested by the appellee, why this court upon its own motion should dismiss this appeal.
The first ground is a jurisdictional one. It is fundamental that the right of appeal exists only by force of the statutes, and where no appeal is afforded, the Supreme Court has no jurisdiction to pass upon the merits of a controversy. State v. Phelps, 67 Ariz. 215, 193 P.2d 921; Duncan v. Superior Court...
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