State Ex Rel. Peterson v. County of Maricopa

The state of Arizona, hereinafter called plaintiff, filed a complaint in the superior court of Maricopa county, alleging that it had been since December 19, 1930, the owner in fee simple and entitled 'to the possession of certain premises in Maricopa county, described as “the South Half (%) of the Southwest Quarter (%) of Section Two (2), Township One (1) South, Range Three (3) West of the Gr. & S. R. B. & M. that the defendants, the county of Maricopa and John D. Calhoun, as 'treasurer of said county, claimed a lien against said premises for the payment of certain taxes thereon, and, unless…