Rogers v. Salt River Project Agricultural Improvement & Power District

This is an appeal by the defendant landowners Richard G. and Alice Fay Rogers, Valley National Bank, Western Farms Investment Co., and Willinger’s Turf Grass Farms, Inc., from orders of the Superior Court of Maricopa County granting the plaintiff Salt River Project Agricultural Improvement and Power District immediate possession of certain tracts of land pursuant to § 12-1116 et seq., A.R.S.

From an order of immediate possession, defendants first filed a petition for special action in this court. After an informal hearing on 21 November 1972, we declined to accept jurisdiction and suggested to…