Priest v. Board of Trustees

Citations

• 16 N.M. 692
• 120 P. 894

Syllabus

<p>SYLLABUS (BY THE COURT).</p> <p>1. Statutory provisions for the service of process upon unknown claimants by publication in actions to quiet title will be strictly construed.</p> <p>.2. If it be sought in such a case to bar the known confirmee of a grant such confirmee should he sued by name in the proceeding and not Under the description of an unknown, claimant.</p> <p>3. The rule last stated applies notwithstanding the confirmee named is an unincorporated town, the latter being by the congressional confirmation recognized and designated as an entity capable of receiving the title.</p>