HARGROVE v. LUCAS

No. 5429.

243 P.2d 623 (1952)

56 N.M. 323

HARGROVE v. LUCAS et al.

Supreme Court of New Mexico.

April 23, 1952.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George L. Reese, Sr., Roswell, for appellants.

Hervey, Dow & Hinkle, W. E. Bondurant, Jr., Roswell, for appellee.


McGHEE, Justice.

The defendant and cross complainant, William E. Lucas, is the patentee of the 320 acres of land in Chaves County to which the lower court quieted a fee simple title in the plaintiff.

The taxes were not paid on the land for the years 1931, 1932 and 1933, and on December 7, 1934, the County Treasurer sold the property for taxes due for such years in the sum of $32.43, and on the same date issued a tax sale certificate covering the sale. The...

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