Scott v. United States

McGHEE, Justice.

The appellant filed an action in the court below for the purpose of quieting title to 80 acres of land in Colfax County. The' appellee, United States of America, by its cross complaint claimed a lien against the land superior to the appellant’s title by virtue of a judgment entered in the United States District Court for the District of New Mexico, on December 16, 1944, for the sum of $3,270.31, plus costs, against’ Jesse B. Cantrell and Roxie Cantrell, his wife, who were then the owners' of the legal-title to the land upon which appellant, a sue- ' cessor in title, sought to…