Long v. Town of Thatcher

This case comes from Graham County, Arizona, its -county seat being Safford. It is a suit brought to enjoin the sale of the property of appellee, Arizona General Utilities Company, a corporation. The sale was about to be made to the Town of ■ Thatcher, a municipal corporation, some three miles west of Safford, when the action was brought by the appellants, all of whom were citizens, taxpayers and property owners of the Town of Safford, incorporated and organized under the general laws of the State of Arizona.

The appellee, Arizona General Utilities Company, owns and operates, under a…