State of Arizona v. Martin

— State of Arizona brought suit on a promissory note executed in favor of the state and secured by a mortgage on certain lands situate in Maricopa county. Ray J. R. Martin and Mary Lou Martin, his wife, were among the parties defendant to the action. All of the defendants,' except the Martins and Maricopa county, defaulted. The Martins, hereinafter called defendants, set up various defenses to the action, and, in addition, filed a cross complaint for the foreclosure of certain tax certificates covering part of the same land, which they had purchased at a tax sale. Judgment was rendered in…