County of Pinal v. Pomeroy

The question we have to decide is whether the appellants or the appellee should have a tax deed, under delinquent tax proceedings, of the following described real property:

Lone Wedge, Palace, Picket Post, Tuna, Watson and Gerald Cancler patented lode mining claims, situated in the Pioneer Mining District, in Sections 25 and 26, Township 1 South, Range 12 East of the Gila and Salt River Meridian, County of Pinal, State of Arizona.

The appellants, representing the State of Arizona, ■claim that the state under the facts is the owner of the property, having bought the same at a delinquent tax…