Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1905-01-28
THE CEBOLLETA
LAND GRANT

1917 fNffftttf AfNtiN AANihNN.f
% Saturday the decree for the par.
tltl0n Of thls grant was finally signed.
as briefly stated Ia this l4gli sn,ur.
dny afternoon. This ends the long M.
igatiUA relative TO the t..io 1l this
great property the suit % quiet the
title was begun In 1895, Hon. y. W.
CLANCY being attorney for a large nam.
Der OF the heirs who were plaintiffs.
The taking OF testimony noces sarily
occupied much Time. as the grant was
made IN he year 1890 10 thirty per.
sons, and che geuoalogy OF the thirty
families descended from them was
very v0luminoas.
In sop ember, 1900. the anal decree
in thar suit was rendered. and the title
established IN over 525 persons In va
Fyiug proportions.
The largest owner was A. l.. Rich
ardHon, Of New York who had ac.
auired the interest formerly held by
Hon. Roman A. naca, through a loan
Of $4,000 made 10 him a number Of
years before. and which was subse.
quently toreclCsed Mr.. Baca was
supposed 90 own nearly the entire
grant OF 10000 acres. but on the trial
muititudes OF heirs Unexpectedly APP
peared. and the fractlon decreed 20
Mr.. Uaca was q little less than one.
third.
The title holug thus settled. an ao.
tlon Tor partition was begun by Mr..
Richardson early In 1909, lion. Z. n.
Prince being bis attorney This has
continued unlnterruptedly un;li last
Saturday. Mir. Clancy represented his
old clients; Delegate Rodey rapre.
sented a large number OF residents az
Ceboleta. aud McMillen a Raynolds
represented Mr A. n. Reynolds. who
had purchased large Interests from va
rioua heirs, As finally determined. the
ownership was resolved into few
groups 80 as go facilitate the PARTITION.
me Richardson interest was about 30
per cent; the Reynolds interest about
.27 per cent. Mr. Clancy and bis clients
had about a. per cent, Mr.. Rodey and
the CCbolleta people had over 10 per
cent. Governor Prince ana his clients
over no per cent. and about per cent.
belonged go persons not represented.
Messrs. pradt, whiting and Moore
were appointed commissioners 10
make the partition. and q was on their
report that the decree was granted on
saturday Il was always understood
that che residents should have the por
tions around the villages Of Coboletta
Cebolletlta. MOqulno and Juan Taf0ya.
so those areas were FIRST set apart
The bulk Of the timber land was given
10 Mr.. Richardson. who took a smaller
area IN consequence OF the value OF
the timber be receiving ab0w 81 .000
acres In the southwest. Mr.. Reynolds
has a solid body OF over 10000 acres
of grazing land In the northwest near
his Fernandez grant As .he smaller
owners. who are mostly original heirs.
are not able to pay their part OF the
;axes which have accumulated for
many years aud Oher expenses. an
area OF 5000 acres has been set apart
iH the northeast 10 boz sod Immediately
for the payment OF the required sums
This tract includes over thousand
acros Of the lines. timber on the grant
and was selected by fhe commission.
ers a. being the easiest to sell. Harry
y. Lee ls appointed In the decree 90
sell this az auction after four weeks
notice The remainder OF the grant Is
'livided In equal proportions among |
he ofnef owners.
This grant was confirmed by con
sress and patented many years ago
aud this Partition will bring into mar
'let che largest area Of land that has
been purchasoblc for many years, and
larger than any OF the remaining |
grants IN New Mexico,
Tnus. one by one the great tracts OF
DE past are having their titles set.
Iiod and being divided 10 as 10 render
them available for population and bus
mess The decree In the Cohoieta
Ease marks an epoch In this kind Of
history