A legal showdown is sending an 89-year-old Phoenix homeowner to court after Arizona State University sought control of the land under his pre-statehood house, angering residents who view the property as local history worth saving.
What happened?
According to KNXV, the dispute centers on the Louis Emerson home at Fourth and Pierce streets that Robert Young has owned since 1975 and is now defending against Arizona State.
The house predates Arizona’s statehood in 1912 and is regarded as one of the oldest remaining homes in the Phoenix Churchill area.
With a medical and technology school planned nearby, ASU is seeking to acquire the site…