Saiz v. Saiz
New Mexico Supreme Court
1Opinion of the Court
MOISE, Justice.
When a husband and wife join as plaintiffs in bringing a suit to quiet title on property standing in the name of the wife alone, and title to the property is quieted in the two of them, does the husband thereby acquire any estate in the property?
Title to the property in question was conveyed to plaintiff by her husband. Although plaintiff did not reconvey any interest to the husband, title was thereafter quieted in their two names. The husband having died intestate, his children claim an interest in the property under the laws of descent and distribution. They contend that' the…
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