Patten v. Balch

Citations

• 15 N.M. 276

Syllabus

<p>SYLLABUS.</p> <p>1. The main point on which every forcible entry and detainer suit must be maintained, is the fact that the defendant by his mode of entry or detention has committed a wrong in the nature of a public offense.</p> <p>2. The description should be definite and certain enough so that the premises may be readily identified'— reasonable and not absolute certainty being all that is required.</p> <p>3. There is no law to support the contention of appellant that because appellee never ate or slept upon land he had purchased of grantee of original squatters', and because others occupied it, he forfeited his right to it.</p>