City of Tucson v. Superior Court of Pima County

MOLLOY, Judge.

This opinion is written to dispose of a writ of certiorari issued by this court to the Superior Court of Pima County to review an order of that court dismissing two appeals from judgments of a justice of the peace court.

The two actions in the justice court were filed by the plaintiffs Cox and Bermudez to recover sewer connection fees alleged to have been illegally assessed against them by the City of Tucson. The City failed to answer these complaints and judgment by default was entered against it for the amounts prayed for in the complaints. Within the time permitted by law for…