Phares v. Nutter

STRUCKMEYER, Chief Justice.

This is a consolidated appeal challenging the enforcement of a Texas judgment filed pursuant to the Revised Uniform Enforcement of Foreign Judgments Act, A.R.S. § 12-1701 et seq., and the granting of summary judgment in the suit for damages in connection with the transaction out of which the Texas judgment arose. Jurisdiction was accepted pursuant to Rule 19(a) Arizona Rules of Civil Appellate Procedure, 17A A.R.S. Judgment of the Superior Court reversed.

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