HUGHES v. WEST

No. 8360.

430 P.2d 778 (1967)

78 N.M. 281

Henry J. HUGHES, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Boyd W. WEST and Helen M. West, Defendants-Appellants.

Supreme Court of New Mexico.

July 31, 1967.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Manuel A. Sanchez, Santa Fe, for appellants.

Matias A. Zamora, Santa Fe, for appellee.


OPINION

CARMODY, Justice.

This appeal is solely from a judgment awarding costs to the plaintiff in a suit to quiet title. The defendants object to the assessment against them of the entire filing fee of $12.50, the service fee upon two witnesses of $6.00, and an award of an expert-witness fee in the sum of $104.00.

The statute, § 22-14-7, N.M.S.A. 1953, insofar as is pertinent here, provides that the defendant in a suit to quiet title, if he...

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