Phoenix-Sunflower Industries, Inc. v. Hughes

STRUCKMEYER, Vice Chief Justice.

This is an original application for an extraordinary writ pursuant to Rule 1, Rules of the Supreme Court, 17 A.R.S. We ordered that certiorari issue to test the jurisdiction of the Superior Court of Maricopa County to enter a judgment decreeing petitioner guilty of forcible detainer.

The controversy concerns the right to possession of fifty unpatented lode mining claims. Respondent, Greater Denver-Phoenix Mining Co., Inc.,, an Arizona corporation, was the assignee of a lease covering the mining claims which permitted the excavation of ores and the removal of…