Meyers Co. v. Mirabal
New Mexico Supreme Court
■ Appeal from District Court, Torrance County; Ed Mechem, Judge. Suit to quiet title by the Meyers Company against Rumaldo Mirabal and others. From a decree in favor of defendants, canceling a sheriff’s deed, the plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT.
DAVIS, J.
This suit was commenced by appellant to quiet title to 80 acres of land in Torrance county, the complaint being in the statutory form. Appellee Macario Torres answered, alleging a fee-simple title in himself acquired under a warranty deed from appellees Rumaldo Mirabal and wife, who also appeared. They first disclaimed any interest in the property, but later filed an answer in which they alleged that, in 1906, Rumaldo Mirabal received a patent from the United States for the land; that it was their homestead; that in 1918 the sheriff of Torrance county sold it…
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