SIMS v. SIMS

No. 21818.

930 P.2d 153 (1996)

122 N.M. 618

Leo V. SIMS, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Aline SIMS, individually and as personal representative of the Estate of George P. Sims, deceased, Defendant-Appellant.

Supreme Court of New Mexico.

December 6, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Law Offices of R.E. Richards, P.A., R.E. Richards, Hobbs, Heidel, Samberson, Newell & Cox, C. Gene Samberson, Lewis C. Cox, III, Lovington, for Appellant.

Hinkle, Cox, Eaton, Coffield & Hensley, Stuart D. Shanor, Richard E. Olson, Rebecca Nichols Johnson, Roswell, for Appellees.

Jan Unna, Santa Fe, for amicus curiae Commissioner of Public Lands.


OPINION

FRANCHINI, Justice.

1 Aline Sims appeals a judgment partitioning two ranches. She raises seven issues on appeal. We affirm the trial court on all issues.

I. FACTS

2 This case concerns a dispute among five family members and the resultant partition of properties that they owned as tenants-in-common. The family members hold two ranches in Lea County, New Mexico. The S & D Ranch consists of approximately 12,262 deeded acres...

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