Legal Opinion
Patten v. Corbin
New Mexico Supreme Court
Decided September 7, 1938No. 4357PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BRICE, Justice.
The question is whether a purchaser of property at a sale thereof for state, county and district taxes, ■ takes title free from claims for taxes previously assessed and levied, by a town organized under a special charter.
The appellee sued appellant Corbin as record owner, and the town of Silver City as one claiming a lien, to quiet title to certain tracts of land situated within the corporate limits of the town of Silver City, a municipal corporation organized under a special charter of comprehensive powers, granted by the legislature in 1878. From a judgment for plaintiff,…
2Cases cited29 opinions
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3Cited by2 opinions
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