Legal Opinion
Apodaca v. Town of Tome Land Grant
New Mexico Supreme Court
Decided March 22, 1974No. 9824PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
STEPHENSON, Justice.
This appeal is taken from an order denying appellants’ motion to intervene.
We affirm.
The common lands of the Tome Land Grant were sold several years ago. The proceeds of sale constitute a substantial fund. The main case here was brought to determine the heirs of the grant. Appellants’ claim to share in the fund as heirs of the grant forms the basis for their motion to intervene.
The action was filed on August 8, 1968. Trial began on February 6, 1973. All of the appellants here filed their applications to intervene subsequent to the beginning of trial. Some of. the…
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- Ionian Shipping Company, and Allied Chemical Corporation, Intervenor-Appellant v. British Law Insurance Co., Ltd.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1970
- Cooper v. Albuquerque City CommissionNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1974
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