Sternloff v. Hughes

OPINION

McMANUS, Chief Justice.

This is a quiet title action commenced in the District Court of Santa Fe County. Two tracts of land were set out in the complaint. Only the twenty-four acre tract of land is at issue. The defendants denied plaintiffs interest in the twenty-four acre tract on the basis that a 1912 deed in plaintiff’s chain of title is too vague and indefinite to transfer title and is therefore void. Defendants also claimed title to the twenty-four acre tract by adverse possession and set forth the affirmative defenses of laches, waiver and estoppel.

The trial court entered a…