Transamerica Title Insurance Co. v. Cochise County

OPINION

KRUCKER, Judge.

In the trial court, Transamerica Title Insurance Co. and the Horizon Corporation sued for declaratory and injunctive relief to prohibit Cochise County from regulating the division of land into parcels of 36 acres or larger. The trial judge held that the county had the power to impose legislative controls on those activities and rendered judgment for the county. Trans-america Title and the Horizon Corporation now appeal.

Before this action was commenced, appellants had for some time owned and sold land in Cochise County in parcels of 36 acres or larger. On December 18,…