CITY OF SIERRA VISTA v. BABBITT

No. 15360.

129 Ariz. 524 (1981)

633 P.2d 333

CITY OF SIERRA VISTA, a municipal corporation, Petitioner, v. Bruce E. BABBITT, as Governor of the State of Arizona; Rose Mofford, as Secretary of State; Clark Dierks, as Treasurer; Arizona State Land Department, a duly created and existing Department of the State of Arizona; and Joe T. Fallini, as Land Commissioner of the State of Arizona, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Arizona, In Banc.

Rehearing Denied July 21, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Polley & Polley by Wesley E. Polley, Bisbee, for petitioner.

Robert K. Corbin, Atty. Gen. by Russell A. Kolsrud, Asst. Atty. Gen., Phoenix, for respondents.


CAMERON, Justice.

This is a petition for special action filed by the City of Sierra Vista in the nature of mandamus asking that we order the Governor of the State of Arizona, the Secretary of State, the Treasurer, and the State Land Department to issue a patent to some 640 acres pursuant to a certificate of purchase issued by the State Land Department to the City of Sierra Vista. In the alternative, the City asked that it be reimbursed for the price paid for the property...

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