Taylor v. Stanford

BERNSTEIN, Vice Chief Justice.

On a petition for a writ of prohibition the issue before this court is whether, under an executory realty exchange contract, vendees under the contract can bring an unlawful detainer complaint to obtain possession when such complaint is predicated only upon alleged rights of the plaintiff under the executory contract.

Vendors and defendants below, Gerald and Mildred Taylor, and Lake Pleasant Inn, Inc. petition us from the Superior Court of Maricopa County for a writ of prohibition restraining the trial court, the' county clerk and the county sheriff from…