NASH v. BOARD OF CTY. COM'RS OF CATRON

NO. S-1-SC-37692 NO. S-1-SC-37778.

480 P.3d 842 (2020)

2021-NMSC-005

Gregory A. NASH and Susie K. Nash, Plaintiffs-Petitioners, v. Group I: BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF CATRON COUNTY, New Mexico, a Political Subdivision of the State of New Mexico, and Elena Gellert, and Group II: All Unknown Claimants of Interest in the Premises Adverse to the Plaintiffs, Defendants-Respondents. and Belen Consolidated School District, Plaintiff-Petitioner, v. The County of Valencia, Defendant-Respondent.

Supreme Court of New Mexico.

Filing Date: October 19, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Turner Law Firm, LLC, Scott E. Turner , Albuquerque, NM, for Plaintiffs-Petitioners Gregory A. Nash and Susie K. Nash.

Modrall, Sperling, Roehl, Harris & Sisk, P.A., Arthur D. Melendres , Zachary L. McCormick , Albuquerque, NM, for Plaintiff-Petitioner Belen Consolidated School District.

Nance, Pato & Stout, LLC, Adren Robert Nance , David Matthew Pato , Socorro, NM, for Defendants-Respondents Board of County Commissioners of the County of Catron and Board of County Commissioners of the County of Valencia.


OPINION

{1} In a consolidated opinion, the Court of Appeals determined that New Mexico counties generally have statutory immunity from suits to quiet title and held that "there is no [applicable] statutory exception" to that immunity. Belen Consol. Sch. Dist. v. Cnty. of Valencia, 2019-NMCA-044, &...

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