Legal Opinion
Gallegos v. War
New Mexico Supreme Court
Decided January 15, 1968No. 8272PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
COMPTON, Justice.
This is an action by the plaintiffs to quiet title to tracts 1 and 2, being a portion of exception 365, private claim 270, parcel 1, and exception 374, private claim 277, parcel 1, within San Juan Pueblo Grant. Issue was joined by a general denial; by counterclaim the defendants allege that they were owners in fee simple of the premises under conveyances affording color of title. They also alleged that they have been in actual possession of tract 2, exception 374, for a period of more than 15 years and had paid all taxes assessed thereon.
The land in controversy is a…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Farrar v. HoodNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1952
- Hopkins v. MartinezNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1963
- Montoya v. Unknown Heirs of VigilNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1911
- Montoya v. GonzalezSupreme Court of the United States · 1914
- Coseboom v. Marshall TrustNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1960
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3Cited by5 opinions
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- Clark v. Foremost Insurance Co.New Mexico Court of Appeals · 1969
- Hammond v. ReevesNew Mexico Court of Appeals · 1976
- Ortiz ex rel. Ortiz v. MasonNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1976