Hanratty v. Middle Rio Grande Conservancy District

OPINION

COMPTON, Chief Justice.

This is an appeal from a summary judgment. The Middle Rio Grande Conservancy District filed Cause No. 3723 in Sandoval County to foreclose its lien for delinquent tax assessments against the land involved in this suit. Substituted service by publication was obtained upon appellant Vigil, the then owner of the property, and, upon his .failure to answer, default judgment was entered in favor of the Conservancy District in 1962. The Conservancy District sold the property approximately four years later to appellee Hanratty.

Subsequently this action was filed by…