McCormick v. Aztec Land & Cattle Co.

UDALL, Justice.

This is a companion case to Aztec Land and Cattle Co., Ltd., v. Navajo Realty Co., 79 Ariz. 55, 283 P.2d 227. The cases were here ordered consolidated for oral argument though they arose in different counties and were separately briefed.

Plaintiffs (appellants) were a group of resident taxpayers of Coconino- County who, on July 13, 1953, sought a writ of mandamus to require Aztec to list and the county assessor and the board of supervisors to assess and place on the tax roll some 60,932.29 acres of “indemnity” lands lying in Coconino County, allegedly belonging to Aztec and…