Nickson v. Garry

BRICE, Chief Justice.

The plaintiff brought this action to quiet title to the south 15 feet of Lot Four in Block Ten of the Original Town of Roswell, New Mexico. The intervener is the wife of the plaintiff, and claims a community interest in this property. The defendant answered, denying that plaintiff or intervener has an interest in the property, and by cross action sought to quiet title in herself. The facts are substantially as follows :

On January 9, 1897 Joseph C. Lea was the owner of Lot Four Block Ten (50 feet by 198 feet) in the city of Roswell, Chaves County, New Mexico. On that date…