THIRTEENTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT
SANDOVAL COUNTY
STATE OF NEW MEXICO
Case No. D-1329-CV-2022-00743
CONSTANCE S. RYAN and MARIAN SOTEL,
Plaintiffs,
v.
THE UNKNOWN HEIRS, DEVISEES, AND LEGATEES OF THE ESTATE OF JOSEPHINE SHEPARD, DECEASED; THE UNKNOWN HEIRS, DEVISEES, AND LEGATEES OF DOROTHY SOTEL; THE UNKNOWN HEIRS, DEVISEES, AND LEGATEES OF MARGARET ABOUSLEMAN, DECEASED; JOHN MERHEGE; WILLIAM MERHEGE; FRED T. ABOUSLEMAN, IF ALIVE, OR IF DECEASED THE UNKNOWN HEIRS, DEVISEES, AND LEGATEES OF FRED T. ABOUSLEMAN; THE UNKNOWN TRUSTEE OF THE FRED T. ABOUSLEMAN REVOCABLE LIVING TRUST UNDER THE LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT OF FRED J. ABOUSLEMAN EXECUTED ON FEBRUARY 17, 1990; and TMA LIMITED PARTNERSHIP, A New Mexico Limited Partnership.
Defendants.
NOTICE OF SUIT
TO: The Unknown Heirs, Devisees, and Legatees of the Estate of Josephine Shepard, Deceased; the Unknown Heirs, Devisees, and Legatees of Dorothy Sotel, Deceased; the Unknown Heirs, Devisees, and Legatees of Margaret Abousleman, Deceased; and the Unknown Trustee of the Fred T. Abousleman Revocable Living Trust under the Last Will and Testament of Fred J. Abousleman executed on February 17, 1990.
You are hereby notified that a civil action has been filed against you in the District Court of Sandoval County, New Mexico, by Plaintiffs Constance Ryan and Marian Sotel, in which Plaintiff requests the Court enter a Judgment of Quiet Title in favor of Plaintiffs’ adverse possession claims, declaring Plaintiffs the owners in fee simple with good and indefeasible title, and that your interest be forever quieted, set at rest, and extinguished, as to the following described real property:
That certain tract of real estate in the Village of Jemez Springs, and within the Cañon de San Diego Grant, together with the Abousleman family residence and all other improvements thereon, described as Lot lettered “A”, containing 1.6174 acres, as said Lot is shown, identified and designated on the Plat of Survey, LANDS OF ABOUSLEMANS, LOTS “A” AND “B”, WITHIN PROJECTED SECTION 23, TOWNSHIP 18 NORTH, RANGE 2 EAST, NMPM, VLLAGE OF JEMEZ SPRINGS, SANDOVAL COUNTY, NEW MEXICO, AUGUST 1993, certified by GEORGE J. MARQUEZ, JR., NMPS No. 10283, on April 30, 1995, which Plat has been duly filed for record in said Sandoval County and duly recorded therein on June 5, 1995 in PLAT VOLUME 3, Page 1263-B, of the Records in the Office of the County Clerk of Sandoval County, New Mexico;
(hereinafter the “Abousleman Family Home”).
including any improvements, fixtures, and attachments, such as, but not limited to, mobile homes. If there is a conflict between the legal description and the street address, the legal description will control.
You are further notified that unless you enter or cause to be entered your appearance in the above-described case, or file any responsive pleadings or motions in said cause within thirty (30) days of the third consecutive publication of this Notice of Suit, judgment will be rendered against each Defendant by default, and the relief requested by Plaintiff will be granted.
The name of counsel for the Plaintiffs is The Law Office of Cristy J. Carbón-Gaul (Cristy J. Carbón-Gaul), 10515 4th Street NW, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87114, (505) 899-5696, [email protected]
BY ORDER of the Hon. James A. Noel, Judge of the Thirteenth Judicial District Court of the State of New Mexico, and the Seal of the District Court of Sandoval County, entered on 18th day of September, 2023.
Date:
By: AUDREY GARCIA
CLERK OF THE COURT
/s/ Dominique Sanchez
Clerk
HCS Pub. October 20, 27, November 3, 2023
