Jahren v. Butler
New Mexico Supreme Court
Appeal from District Court, Mora County; D. J. Leahy, Judge. Action by A.- O. Jahren against Paul Butler and others. From a judgment for plaintiff, defendants appeal.
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Appeal from District Court, Mora County; D. J. Leahy, Judge. Action by A.- O. Jahren against Paul Butler and others. From a judgment for plaintiff, defendants appeal. Were the decrees of May 9th and December 5th, 1901, in force at the time of the commencement of this suit or were they dead and inoperative? Sec. 2913, C. L. 1897, and sec. 2914, C. L. 1897, construed in Browne & Manzanares Co. v. Francisco Chaves, Jr., 9 N'. M. 316. And see McAleer v. Clay Countjq 42 Fed. 667; Merchant’s Bank v. Braithwaite, 7 N. Dak. 375, 66 Amer. St. R. 664, 75 N. W. 249; Mason v. Cronise, 20 Cal. 217. The…
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OP THE COURT.
HANNA, J.
(after stating the facts as above.) — The •appellants have submitted, without discussion and without authority, all assignments of error, except those numbered 6, 7, 10, and 11, which present the following legal propositions: First, were the decrees- rendered on the 9th day of May, 1901, and the 5th day of December, 1901, in the case of George Chavez et al. v. Aaron Hollenbeck, in force and effect at the time of the commencement of this suit, so that they or either of them could be pleaded in bar of the appellants’ claim of title; this contention being predicated…
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