Village of Cloudcroft v. Pittman

HENSLEY, District Judge.

The Village of Cloudcroft, a municipal corporation, situate in Otero County, New Mexico, brought an action in ejectment in the District Court of that county against T. J. and Winnie Pittman, husband and wife. From an adverse judgment, the defendants have appealed.

Basically, the controversy is concerned with the ownership and right to possession of a strip of land twenty feet in width and comprising a total of 3.17 acres in Section 5, Township 16 South, Range 12 East in Otero County. The Village contends that the strip of land lies adjacent to the northwest side of…