When the remainder of a possession is limited to the heirs or heirs of the body of a person who holds said property as a life estate, in these premises the persons who at the termination of said life estate, are to be heirs or heirs of the body of said life estate, shall be authorized to purchase the same [take as purchasers] by virtue of the remainder of the possession so limited in them.
§ 47-1-19 NMSA 1978
[Rights of heirs of life tenant when made remaindermen.]
Laws 1851-1852, p. 376; C.L. 1865, ch. 44, § 26; C.L. 1884, § 1425; C.L. 1897, § 2045; Code 1915, § 4765; C.S. 1929, § 117-109; 1941 Comp., § 75-114; 1953 Comp., § 70-1-17.
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.