State v. Coerver

I cannot agree with the reasoning or conclusion reached by the majority of this Court and therefore respectfully dissent. The original deed, the Constitution of this State, and the manner in which the parties have dealt with the land over the past 80 years, leads me to conclude the land involved is held by the state in fee simple absolute. For eight decades the Arizona *147Legislature has exercised absolute control and dominion over the .land on which the State Hospital is located and there has never been a suggestion that any other agency had any authority to convey a portion of the land. As a…