Emerson v. Valdez

Hurlbut, J.,

delivered tbe opinion of the court.

March 23, 1908, appellee, as plaintiff, brought" an action against defendant (appellant) to quiet title to the northeast quarter of section 6, township 39 north, range *4597, east of the New Mexico meridian, Bio Grande county, claiming title under certain tax deeds. Defendant answered, denying plaintiff’s ownership and alleging that each of said tax deeds under which plaintiff claimed was void on its face, and also for reasons not apparent on the face thereof; and, by way of cross-complaint, alleged that said tax deeds constituted a cloud upon…