Roberts v. Spray

PHELPS, Justice.

Plaintiffs-appellants herein, brought this action under the Declaratory Judgment Act; A.C.A.1939, § 27-701 et seq., on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated, against defendants-appellees, members of the board of supervisors of Pinal County, and Fred O. Wilson as Attorney General of the state, seeking to have declared unconstitutional House Bill No. 170 enacted as chapter 27 of the Session Laws of 1949 and known as the “Hospital District Act of 1949.”

Appellants allege in their complaint that the Act violates the 14th amendment to the Constitution of the United…