State Ex Rel. Lassen v. Self-Realization Fellowship Church

OPINION

JACOBSON, Chief Judge, Division 1.

This appeal raises the issue of whether the State of Arizona can overturn title to state trust lands which have previously been judicially quieted in another on the grounds that the prior judicial tribunal lacked jurisdiction and whether the state can reacquire title by adverse possession through grazing leases and subleases.

In 1964, the appellant, State of Arizona, ex rel. Obed M. Lassen, State Land Commissioner (hereinafter referred to as the State) filed this action seeking to quiet title to certain real property located in Mari-copa County,…