Court Opinion

ID: 9570147
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-21 20:20:29.1314+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T12:05:01.083295
License: Public Domain

SADLER, Justice (dissenting). The old common law maxim that the tenant may not dispute his landlord’s title, as well as elementary principles of good morals, all repudiate the right of a tenant to purchasé a tax title on'the demised prem-' ises. All of our past decisions having a bearing on the subj ect,' such as Smith v. Borradaile, 30 N.M. 62, 227 P. 602; Eager v. Belmore, 53 N.M. 299, 207 P.2d 519 and Zaring v. Lomax, 53 N.M. 273, 206 P.2d 706, are out of harmony with the result declared. Because I think the judgment should be reversed and the majority hold otherwise, I dissent.