Whenever any joint owner of real estate, whether claimed by private land grant or otherwise, shall bring suit to establish the title thereto in any court for the benefit of himself and other owners of such real estate, and such suit shall be favorably determined, then in that case the just and reasonable expenses incurred in the prosecution of such suits, including reasonable attorney's fees, actually expended by him, shall be and remain a charge against the real property so affected of such co-owners, with lien in proportion to the several amounts of land claimed by each, and such proportionate charge shall be collected, with interest at the rate of twelve percent per annum additional, as a charge or lien upon the real property of such co-owners which was beneficially affected by such suit, and none of such real estate so beneficially affected shall be exempt from said charge or lien by virtue of any execution or forced sale exemption law in force in this state.
History: Laws 1893, ch. 37, § 1; C.L. 1897, § 2186; Code 1915, § 4397; C.S. 1929, § 105-2011; 1941 Comp., § 25-1311; 1953 Comp., § 22-14-11.
ANNOTATIONSBracketed material. — The bracketed material was inserted by the compiler and is not part of the law.
Request to award attorney fees denied. Landskroner v. McClure, 1988-NMSC-091, 107 N.M. 773, 765 P.2d 189.