Cooper v. Odom

STEVENS, Judge.

Two questions are presented to the Court by this appeal. First, did the trial court abuse its discretion in granting the defendants’ motion to dismiss for want of prosecution? Second, if the first question is answered in the affirmative, should this Court reverse the denial of the plaintiffs’ motion for summary judgment and direct that the motion be granted ?

The plaintiffs, who are the appellants in this Court, filed an action on contract for an accounting of the proceeds of a business arrangement. A.R.S. Section 12-548 is the Arizona Statute of Limitations applicable to this…