GREEN v. THOMPSON

No. 1 CA-CIV 2026.

17 Ariz. App. 587 (1972)

499 P.2d 715

Edwin D. GREEN, Commissioner of the Superior Court of the State of Arizona in and for the County of Maricopa, and Continental Bank, an Arizona corporation, Petitioners, v. Howard F. THOMPSON, Judge, Superior Court of the State of Arizona in and for the County of Maricopa, et al., Respondents.

Court of Appeals of Arizona, Division 1, Department B.

July 25, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Murphy, Posner & Franks by James E. McDougall, Phoenix, for petitioners.

Lovell B. Lieurance, Phoenix, for respondents.


HAIRE, Chief Judge, Division 1.

The question raised in this special action is whether a superior court judge has jurisdiction to entertain a special action in the nature of a writ of prohibition against a superior court commissioner.

On May 5, 1972, Maricopa County Superior Court Commissioner Edwin D. Green signed and approved judgments discharging a garnishee and orders allowing attorney's fees, allegedly pursuant to exercise of jurisdiction conferred upon...

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