Court Opinion

ID: 9536312
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-07 06:57:24.512954+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T13:32:32.776833
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CALLISTER, Justice
(dissenting).
I concur with the dissenting opinion of Justice Henriod. However, I believe that *299the motion filed by respondent, wherein he moved this court to decide the instant matter solely upon the brief of the plaintiff-appellant, is a significant factor in the proper disposition of this case. This motion, in light of the debatable character of the issue before this court, is tantamount to a confession of error.
“* * * Generally, where there are debatable issues and the appellee fails to file an answering brief, such failure is a confession of reversible error on the part of the appellee. * * * ” 1
This case should be reversed and remanded to the trial court for a new hearing.

. Solomon v. Solomon, 5 Ariz.App. 352, 427 P.2d 156, 158 (1967) ; also see Del Castillo v. Harbour, 8 Ariz.App. 233, 445 P.2d 181, 183 (1968).