Anderson v. Clardy

OPINION OF THE COURT

WATSON, J.

The parties are rival claimants to certain lands now in Lea county, but prior to the creation of that comity (Laws 1917, c. 23; 1929 Comp. § 33-1201 et seq.) in Eddy county. Each party sought to quiet his title. Plaintiff relied on a chain of title originating in a government patent. Cross-plaintiff relied on a tax deed. The latter prevailed, and the former appeals.

Two attacks are here directed at the judgment: First. That the right to sue upon the tax deed was barred by the ten-year statute of limitations (1929 Comp. § 83-122). Second. That title to the land…