Ortiz v. Lane

590 P.2d 1168 (1979)

92 N.M. 513

Manuel ORTIZ, Plaintiff-Appellee,

v.

David L. LANE, Defendant-Appellant.

No. 3303.

Court of Appeals of New Mexico.

January 16, 1979.

Rehearing Denied February 1, 1979.

David W. King, Threet, Threet, Glass & King, Albuquerque, for defendant-appellant.

Christopher Lucero, Jr., Albuquerque, for plaintiff-appellee.

OPINION

SUTIN, Judge.

Ortiz sued Lane for a return of property held under a real estate contract in which Lane held the legal title. Judgment was entered that Lane execute a quitclaim deed conveying the property to Ortiz based upon the doctrine of equitable…