Arizona Land Corp. v. Sterling

STEVENS, Judge.

The petitioner seeks a writ to prohibit the respondent judge from authorizing the withdrawal and the invasion of a certificate of deposit in the hands of the Clerk of the Superior Court. Due to the urgency of the situation, we entered a written minute entry order staying the action contemplated by the respondent judge pending the filing of a formal written opinion. This opinion affirms our previous order.

This matter is basically a procedural problem, and it is essential to an understanding thereof to briefly outline the factual background.

The plaintiffs Squyres recovered a…