Rael v. Taylor

Opinion by

Judge PLANK.

Plaintiffs appeal the summary judgment dismissing their complaint to quiet title against defendants. The defendants cross-appeal the denial of attorney fees by the trial court. We affirm.

This quiet title action was filed in March 1981. The plaintiffs prayed for a decree to quiet title to certain usufructuary rights including grazing, hunting, fishing, timber-ing, firewood gathering, and recreation on land owned by Jack T. Taylor, Jr. The claims were made on behalf of the heirs and successors in interest to the settlers on the “Sangre de Cristo” land grant and under the…