MELOY v. SAINT PAUL MERCURY INDEMNITY CO.

No. 5372.

72 Ariz. 406 (1951)

236 P.2d 732

MELOY v. SAINT PAUL MERCURY INDEMNITY CO.

Supreme Court of Arizona.

October 16, 1951.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Beumler & Beumler, Douglas, for appellant.

Darnell, Robertson & Holesapple, Tucson, for appellee, Saint Paul Mercury Indemnity Co.


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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