Maricopa County v. Leppla

LOCKWOOD, Justice.

Appellees, hereafter called plaintiffs, sued the appellants, hereafter called defendants, alleging that prior to November 4, 1957, certain taxpayers named in the complaint had paid the first installment of 1957 taxes on properties assessed to them respectively, and that thereafter the plaintiff Phoenix Title and Trust Company, acting for and on behalf of either itself or the taxpayers, and in ignorance that the taxes had already been paid, again paid the taxes. Plaintiffs prayed judgment for the amount of the overpayments made for themselves and for and on behalf of the…