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SUPREME COURT OF ARIZONA En Banc

EDWARD POWELL and BONNIE POWELL; ARTHUR ANDERSON and EDITH ANDERSON; GERALD BREEYEAR and JUDITH BREEYEAR; RICHARD BREHM and LUCRECIA BREHM; CLIFFORD G. BREKHUS and LAVONNE BREKHUS; JESSE BRYAN and ELIZABETH BRYAN; HARRY GRAPE; SCOTTY GRIFFIN; EDDIE D. HAYNES; JAMES HOLMBERG and CAROLYN HOLMBERG; JOHN HONG and SUZANNE HONG; DAVID JEWELL and KATHLEEN JEWELL; ROBERT KEMBEL and JOANNE KEMBEL; ELDON McDANIEL; CHARLES SCHILDER and ALLENE SCHILDER; RONALD SKITES and MARJORIE A. SKITES; HOWARD SMITH and MARJORIE SMITH; LARRY SULLIVAN and BEVERLY SULLIVAN,

) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) Plaintiffs-Appellees, ) ) v. ) ) THOMAS WASHBURN, individually, ) and in his capacity as President ) of K.R.C. COMPANY, an Arizona ) corporation, and ROSE WASHBURN, ) his wife; K.R.C. COMPANY, an ) Arizona corporation; ROBERT M. ) BUMGARDNER and TERI BUMGARDNER, ) husband and wife; EARNEST and ) VERA WRIGHT, husband and wife; ) JOHN and JEAN NEVILLE, husband ) and wife; FORREST and JAN ) PHILLIPS, husband and wife; NEAL ) FIVECOAT, an unmarried man, ) ) Defendants-Appellants. ) ) __________________________________)

Arizona Supreme Court No. CV-05-0186-PR Court of Appeals Division One No. 1 CA-CV 04-0370 La Paz County Superior Court No. CV2002-0093 O P I N I O N

Appeal from the Superior Court in La Paz County No. CV2002-0093 The Honorable Michael J. Burke, Judge AFFIRMED Memorandum Decision of the Court of Appeals, Div. One 1 CA-CV 04-0370, Filed April 12, 2005 VACATED ________________________________________________________________ LAW OFFICES OF JOHN CHURCHILL By John Churchill And LAW OFFICES OF JOHN A. SHANNON, JR. By John A. Shannon, Jr. Attorneys for Powell et al. LAW OFFICES OF ROBERT D. MCCOY By Robert D. McCoy Attorney for Washburn and K.R.C. Company Phoenix Parker

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LAW OFFICES OF KEITH S. KNOCHEL, P.C. Bullhead City By Keith S. Knochel Attorney for Wright, Neville, Phillips and Fivecoat LAW OFFICES OF TOBY ZIMBALIST Phoenix By Toby Zimbalist Attorney for Amicus Curiae National Institute of Community Management ________________________________________________________________ R Y A N, Justice

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