Maricopa County v. Fox Riverside Theatre Corp.

This is an action by Fox Riverside Theatre Corporation, plaintiff, against Maricopa County, the members of its board of supervisors, and its county assessor, defendants, to enjoin them from assessing a certain leasehold interest which plaintiff owns in a portion of block 23 in the city of Phoenix.

The material facts necessary to a consideration of this appeal are not in dispute, and may be stated as follows: On July 19, 1929, the city of Phoenix, a municipal corporation, was the owner in fee simple of the premises involved herein. On that date it entered into a written lease with Fox West…