Stewart v. Fahey

14 Ariz. App. 149 (1971)

481 P.2d 519

Henry T. STEWART, Appellant,

v.

William G. FAHEY, Appellee.

1 CA-CIV 985.

Court of Appeals of Arizona, Division 1, Department B.

March 4, 1971.

W.H. Chester, Phoenix, for appellant.

Snell & Wilmer, by John E. Lundin, Edwin F. Hendricks, Phoenix, for appellee.

JACOBSON, Presiding Judge.

We are asked in this appeal to determine whether a claim for slander of title may be based upon the filing of a lis pendens.

On February 9, 1959, plaintiff-appellant, Henry T. Stewart, acquired by patent from the United States government, title to a certain parcel of real estate.…