Legal Opinion

Sisneros v. Garcia

New Mexico Supreme Court

Decided July 9, 1980No. 12513PublishedCited by 7 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

SOSA, Chief Justice.

The issues we decide in this appeal are: (1) whether a deed signed by a minor renders the conveyance void; (2) whether the running of time for disaffirmance is tolled where the buyer had not recorded the deed; and (3) whether the buyer in this case acquired title by adverse possession.

We decide that a deed signed by a minor is voidable not void; that a minor should not be required to disaffirm a conveyance upon reaching majority where the buyer has not recorded the deed and the minor has no other notice of the buyer’s claim; and that the buyer in this case did not…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. United Nuclear Corp. v. General Atomic Co.New Mexico Supreme Court · 1979
  2. Mora v. MartinezNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1969
  3. Chicopee Manufacturing Corporation v. Kendall CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1961
  4. Pattison Trust v. BostianNew Mexico Court of Appeals · 1976
  5. Evants v. TaylorNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1913

3Cited by7 opinions

  1. In Re Estate of DuranNew Mexico Supreme Court · 2003
  2. Madrid v. RodriguezNew Mexico Supreme Court · 2003
  3. Matter of HamiltonNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1981
  4. Coulter v. StewartNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1982
  5. Foutz v. FoutzNew Mexico Court of Appeals · 1990

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