Security Savings & Loan Ass'n v. Fenton

OPINION

HOWARD, Judge.

Petitioner, Security Savings and Loan Association, has brought this special action to challenge both the trial court’s denial of its motion for summary judgment and the denial of its motion to quash lis pendens. Because we believe the trial judges involved abused their discretion in denying the motions, and because the matter at issue is one of statewide concern, we assume jurisdiction and grant relief. Southwest Cooperative Wholesale v. Superior Court, 13 Ariz.App. 453, 477 P.2d 572 (1970).

The applicable facts are as follows. On December 20, 1985, petitioner loaned Wells…