G O S Cattle Co. v. Bragaw's Heirs

ZINN, Justice.

This is a suit to quiet title.

The land involved is the W. Yi S. B. % and the S. Yz N. E. 14 of section 27, township 14 south, range 11 west, N. M. Meridian, located in Grant county, N. M., known as the Hefley place. John M. Hefley had acquired the land by patent from the United States of America, and conveyed the same to John H. Bragaw on August 1, 1889.

The evidence shows, and the trial court found, that beginning with the year 1897 and up to the 25th day of February, 1911, the land was generally known as the property of and was exclusively occupied and used by the Mountain…