QUARLES v. ARCEGA

No. 12067.

841 P.2d 550 (1992)

Marie Louise QUARLES, a single woman, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. (1) Pursima ARCEGA, Rogelio Areega a/k/a R.V. Arcega, Donald A. Armstrong, W. Brawley, Jose Carbelleira, Natividad Q. Chavez, Roger Covel, Robert Creason, John Howard, Daniel Lovato, Thomas K. Marshall, Antonio A. Martinez, Eluterio Martinez, Jr., Eluterio Martinez, Sr., Espiridon Martinez, Matilde D. Martinez, William D. McMillin, Estella M. Montana a/k/a Stella M. Montano, W.H. Mundy, Jr. a/k/a Bill Mundy, Jr., Natalia Quintana, Theodore Sanders a/k/a T.E. Sanders, Lloyd F. Satterlee, Lynn Lee Svoboda, Edward Vigil, Jr., Earl Woods; (2) Arlington Land Company, a defunct corporation; Patco; (3) The Following named Defendants by Name if Living: If Deceased, their Unknown Heirs: Teodora M. Hallock a/k/a Theodora M. Hallock, Antonio Salazar de Lopez, Maria M. Rivera; (4) The Unknown Heirs of the Following Named Deceased Persons: Ester M. Chavez, Miguel Chavez, Rubin Chavez, Juana de Herrera, Jose G. Lobato, Preciliano Lopez, Rufina Lopez, Maria Rufina Lopez de Salazar, Narciso Martinez, Porfiria Martinez, Simon Martinez, Ana Maria Valdez Montoya, Jose Bivian Montoya, Manuel Savino Salazar, Manuel Serrano, Maria de la Luz Salazar Serrano, Antonio Ma Suaso, Jose Vivian Suano, Tomas A. Trujillo a/k/a Thomas A. Trujillo; and (5) All Unknown Claimants of Interest in the Premises Adverse to Plaintiffs [sic], Defendants, and Theis Land Company, a General partnership, Defendant-Appellant. Natividad CHAVEZ a/k/a Mrs. Frank Chavez, a Married woman dealing in erR sole and separate property, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. GROUP ONE: CHAMA VALLEY LAND COMPANY, a defunct New Mexico Corporation; Marie Louise Quarles; Angie Romero Sanchez; Elena Sanchez; Benjamin Valdez; Isabel G. Valdez; GROUP TWO: The Unknown Heirs of the Following Named Deceased Persons: John H. Burns; Charles C. Catron; Julia A. Catron; T.B. Catron a/k/a Thomas B. Catron; Francisco Martinez; Manuel Martinez; Gregorita Sanchez de Pino; Jose Pino; Bernardo G. Sanchez; Edelmiria Garcia de Sanchez a/k/a Edelmiria G. de Sanchez; Irene Sanchez; Matias Sanchez, Jr.; Matias Sanchez, Sr.; Necomedes Sanchez; Roque Sanchez; Sarah Seth; Theodore Seth; GROUP THREE: The Following Persons by Name, if Living, if Deceased, Their Unknown Heirs: NicolesI Abeyta; Guadalupe S. de Archuleta; Rayos Archuleta; Cleotilde S. de Salazar; Jose Ramon Salazar; Ascension B. de Sanchez a/k/a AsenctionV. de Sanchez; Eturbide Sanchez; and GROUP FOUR: and all Unknown Claimants of Interest in the Premises Adverse to the Plaintiffs, Defendants, and Theis Company, a general partnership, Defendant-Appellant.

Court of Appeals of New Mexico.

Certiorari Denied October 27, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John F. McCarthy, Jr., Sumner S. Koch, Ann M. Harvey, White, Koch, Kelly & McCarthy, P.A., Santa Fe, for plaintiff-appellee Marie Louise Quarles.

James H. Russell, Jr., Santa Fe, for plaintiff-appellee Natividad Chavez.

C. Mott Woolley, Santa Fe, Michael W. Brennan, Carpenter, Crout & Olmsted, Santa Fe, for defendant-appellant Theis Co.


OPINION

MINZNER, Judge.

Defendant Theis Company appeals the trial court's decision after a bench trial quieting title in favor of Plaintiffs Quarles and Chavez, contending that (1) the trial court erred in locating a boundary line; (2) the trial court erred in admitting into evidence surveys offered by Plaintiffs; (3) Plaintiffs failed to establish adverse possession by clear and convincing evidence; and (4) Plaintiffs failed to establish paramount title...

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