Brown v. Gurley

McGHEE, Chief Justice.

John F. Brown filed suit against the defendants to quiet title to the southwest quarter of section 14 and the north half of the northwest quarter of section 23, in township 24 north, of range 2 west, N.M. P.M., in Rio Arriba county, which had been deeded to Brown and his wife, Ola Lee Brown, on January IS, 1937, by William T. Bookhamer and wife.

The defendants McKay answered denying the title of Brown and by way of counterclaim asserted they were the owners in fee simple of the-southwest quarter of section 14 by virtue of a tax deed from the State Tax Commission for the…