Lockhart v. Wills
New Mexico Supreme Court
Error, from a judgment for defendant, to the Second Judicial District Court, Bernalillo County. overruling Lockhart v. Wills et al., page 263, ant? The facts are stated in the opinion of the court The prior discovery and possession by Pilkey of the “Sampson Mine” was sufficient possession and title on the part of plaintiff to sustain ejectment against defendants as intruders, having no better title. Comp.
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Error, from a judgment for defendant, to the Second Judicial District Court, Bernalillo County. overruling Lockhart v. Wills et al., page 263, ant? The facts are stated in the opinion of the court The prior discovery and possession by Pilkey of the “Sampson Mine” was sufficient possession and title on the part of plaintiff to sustain ejectment against defendants as intruders, having no better title. Comp. Laws 1884, secs. 1570, 2218, 2258, 2263; Deemer v. Falkenburg, 4 N. M. 149; New Mexico, etc., v. Crouch, Id. 293-; Anderson v. Gray, 25 N. E. Rep. 843; Christy v. Scott, 14 How. 282; Coryell…
1Opinion of the CourtPabkeb, J.
This is an action of ejectment brought by the plaintiff in error against the defendants in error, in the district court of the Second judicial district, sitting in and for Bernalillo county, for the recovery of the possession of a piece or parcel of mining ground called by the plaintiff in error the Sampson Mining Claim, situated in the Cochiti mining district in said county.
^ At the close of the trial the court instructed the jury to find a verdict in favor of the defendant and entered judgment accordingly. To review the action of the court below, plaintiff prosecutes this writ of error.
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