State ex rel. Morrison v. Jay Six Cattle Co.

I disagree with the majority opinion.

A.R.S. Title 12, Chapter 8, Article 2, entitled Eminent Domain, is taken substantially verbatim from California, Viliborghi v. Prescott School Dist. No. 1, 55 Ariz. 230, 100 P.2d 178, and we have repeatedly held that where a statute is adopted almost verbatim from another state we will either adopt the construction given it where it originated or look to such construction as of persuasive force if it is sound or reasonable. Stewart v. Verde River Irrigation & Power Dist., 49 Ariz. 531, 68 P.2d 329; Arizona State Tax Comm. v. Tucson Gas, Electric Light &…