Legal Opinion
Chalmers v. Hughes
New Mexico Supreme Court
Decided November 22, 1971No. 9221PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
COMPTON, Chief Justice.
This is a statutory quiet title action. The trial court found for the plaintiff. Judgment was entered accordingly and the defendants have appealed.
Title- to the land in question has followed a somewhat circuitous path, one rather difficult to follow. In 1957, the title was quieted in one Fergus O. Mera. In 1960, in Cause No. 29286, Elvera Wieneke, successor in title to Mera, brought an action against Emmett T. Chalmers, the plaintiff in this action, and others, to quiet title. Issue was joined by Chalmers also claiming title, and discovery proceedings were begun…
2Cases cited5 opinions
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- Hales v. Van CleaveNew Mexico Court of Appeals · 1967
- John Halverson v. Campbell Soup Company, Defendant-Third-Party and Wolfes-Jensen Company, Third-PartyCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1967
- Davis v. SeversonNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1963
- Stull v. BOARD OF TRUSTEES, ETC.New Mexico Supreme Court · 1956
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- Pizza Hut of Santa Fe, Inc. v. BranchNew Mexico Court of Appeals · 1976
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