PRICE v. JOHNSON

No. 8189.

428 P.2d 978 (1967)

78 N.M. 123

W.B. PRICE, also known as Weldon B. Price, H.J. Loe and Ruby M. Loe, his wife, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. S.P. JOHNSON, Jr., Individually and as executor of the last will and testament of S.P. Johnson, deceased, Geraldine O. Johnson, W.C. Hubbard, W.S. Montgomery and Helen H. Bellows, Defendants-Appellees, Louise Wright Simpson and Elwood Roy Wright, heirs and devisees of Gladys Louise Price, deceased, Defendants-Appellants. W.B. PRICE, also known as Weldon B. Price, H.J. Loe and Ruby M. Loe, his wife, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. The ATLANTIC REFINING COMPANY, a corporation, R.E. Reding, Lloyd Evans, S.P. Johnson, Jr., individually and as executor of the last will and testament of S.P. Johnson, deceased, Geraldine O. Johnson, W.C. Hubbard, W.S. Montgomery, Helen H. Bellows, Louise Wright Simpson, Elwood Roy Wright, heirs and devisees of Gladys Louise Price, deceased, C.J. Beach, Edna Beach, G.T. Hall, Floyd Graham, Ben Graham and Ethel Graham, Defendants-Appellees.

Supreme Court of New Mexico.

Rehearing Denied July 7, 1967.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Heidel, Swarthout & Samberson, Lovington, for W.C. Hubbard, W.S. Montgomery and Helen H. Bellows. Atwood & Malone, Robert A. Johnson, Roswell, for S.P. Johnson, Jr., and Geraldine O. Johnson.

Robert W. Ward, Lovington, for Louise Wright Simpson and Elwood Roy Wright.

Girand, Cowan & Reese, Hobbs, for W.B. Price, H.J. Loe and Ruby M. Loe.


OPINION

HENSLEY, Jr., Chief Judge, Court of Appeals.

The plaintiffs, W.B. Price and others, brought this action in the district court to quiet title to mineral interests in certain lands in Lea County.

The pleadings became so complex by reason of the numerous parties involved and the multiple claims and cross-claims that by agreement the record in this court begins with the requested findings submitted by the parties.

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