The action of ejectment will lie for the recovery of the possession of a mining claim, as well also of any real estate, where the party suing has been wrongfully ousted from the possession thereof, and the possession wrongfully detained.
§ 42-4-2 NMSA 1978
[Wrongful ouster and detention of realty or mining claim.]
C.L. 1897, § 2685 (251), added by Laws 1907, ch. 107, § 1 (251); Code 1915, § 4361; C.S. 1929, § 105-1802; 1941 Comp., § 25-802; 1953 Comp., § 22-8-2.
Official source: NMOneSource (New Mexico Compilation Commission). Reproduced from public-domain New Mexico statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.