Aztec Land and Cattle Co. v. Navajo Realty Co.

UDALL, Justice.

This is an appeal by Aztec Land and Cattle Company, Ltd., a corporation (defendant in the court below and hereinafter referred to as Aztec), from a summary judgment holding certain of its lands to be subject to taxation. The suit was initiated by a group of taxpayers of Navajo County, hereinafter termed plaintiffs, who sought a writ of mandamus to require Aztec to supply the county assessor with a list of lands owned by it in Navajo County, and to direct the assessor (who with other public officials of the county were named as parties defendant) to place said lands on the…