Garrett v. Shannon

In this case the appellant-plaintiffs appeal from the trial courts granting of a motion for judgment on the pleadings and the resulting entry of judgment in favor of the defendant-wives that plaintiffs "take nothing by reason thereof against said defendants [wives] or the community estates existing by reason of the marriage of said defendants" to the defendant-husbands. During oral argument, counsel for both parties stated, in answer to questions from the Court, that no matters outside the pleadings were presented to the trial court in connection with the defendant-wives motion. Therefore we must assume that the trial court granted the motion solely on the basis of the pleadings under Rule 12(c), Rules of Civil Procedure, 16 A.R.S.