Board of Trustees of Sevilleta De La Joya Grant Ex Rel. Owners in Common v. Board of Trustees of Belen Land Grant

This-is an action in ejectment to recover the area in conflict between two land grants in New Mexico respectively known as the La Joya and the Belen, the plaintiff being the owner of the former and the defendant of the latter. The defendant prevailed and the judgment was affirmed. 20 N. Mex. 145.

The facts are these: Both grants were complete and perfect at the time of the Mexican cession and both were subsequently confirmed, the Belen in 1858 by an act of Congress, c. 5,11 Stat. 374, and the La Joya in 1893 by a decree of the Court of Private Land Claims under the Act of March 3,1891, c. 539,…