Knight v. DeMarcus

BERNSTEIN, Chief Justice.

Plaintiff, Cecil DeMarcus, brought a quiet title action in the Superior Court of Maricopa County. From an order granting plaintiff a summary judgment, defendants appeal.

Cecil DeMarcus acted as special master in a divorce action involving appellant Josephine Hanner, Superior Court case No. 49044, and was awarded a fee of $5,072.10 for his services. Rule 53(a), Rules of Civil Procedure, A.R.S. 16. This award was subsequently affirmed by this court in Hanner v. Hanner, 95 Ariz. 191, 388 P.2d 239, 1 in which we held that the trial court was properly acting within its…