In Re Sevilleta De La Joya Grant, Socorro County

The county of Socorro became the owner of 216,000 acres of land known as Sevilleta de la Joya Grant, situated in that county, through purchase at a sale for delinquent taxes under statutory proceedings in August, 1928. Thereafter, on the 6th day of September, 1934, the state tax commission filed a petition in the district court of Socorro county, praying for an order for the sale of said property by the county, as provided by section 141-452, N.M.St. 1929, for not less than $75,000. This statute provides in substance that whenever any property which has been bought by the county at any tax…