N.M. Stat. § 47-1-19

Current through 2024, ch. 69

Section 47-1-19 - Rights of heirs of life tenant when made remaindermen

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.

NMS § 47-1-19

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.