Sisneros v. Garcia
New Mexico Supreme Court
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
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- Evants v. TaylorNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1913
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