VELASQUEZ v. MASCARENAS

No. 6919.

376 P.2d 311 (1962)

71 N.M. 133

Lena M. VELASQUEZ, Frank Mascarenas, Manuel Mascarenas, Jr., John T. Mascarenas, Madaline M. Espinosa, Ernest W. Mascarenas, Aida Mascarenas, Rafael Martinez, Aurora M. Sanchez, Salvador Martinez, Lidia M. Martinez, Raynel A. Martinez, Albert Martinez and Tranquilino Mascarenas, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Celso MASCARENAS, Defendant-Appellee.

Supreme Court of New Mexico.

November 16, 1962.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Burnham & Burns, James H. Milling, Aztec, for appellants.

Koogler & Smith, Aztec, for appellee.


CHAVEZ, Justice.

Appellants, plaintiffs below, filed suit to impose a constructive trust on certain land in San Juan County and for an accounting. Celso Mascarenas, one of four defendants, answered denying the allegations of the complaint and setting up laches and statute of limitations. By cross-complaint, appellee sought to quiet title to the land involved which he had repurchased from the state on July 21, 1942. Two of the defendants disclaimed any interest and...

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