Montoya v. Gonzalez
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEAL FROM THE SUPREME COURT OF THE TERRITORY OF NEW MEXICO. The facts, which involve the title to a Spanish grant óf land in New Mexico and the construction and constitutionality of a statute of limitation of the Territory, are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Holmes
This action was begun on June 12, 1906, for the partition, among the remote heirs of Juan Gonzales, of the Alameda Land. Grant, a Spanish grant of. land in New Mexico, confirmed as perfect by the Court of Private Land Claims of the United States. On June 17, 1907, a judgment of partition was entered, declaring the persons named to be entitled to stated fractional undivided interests, and appointing commissioners to divide the land, or to report to the court if it could not be divided without prejudice to the owners. On July 3, 1907, the commissioners reported that partition could not be made,…
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