Papa v. Garst

New Mexico Supreme Court May 31, 1952

Papa v. Garst, 56 N.M. 651 (N.M. 1952)

248 P.2d 209

Compton, Coors, Hensley, Lujan, McGhee, Sadler

Opinion of the Court

HENSLEY, District Judge.

This cause was consolidated for oral argument and submission with Rubalcava v. Garst, 56 N.M. 647, 248 P.2d 207. The' controlling issue being identical in both causes, it follows that the judgment of the district court is erroneous and should be reversed and the cause remanded to the District Court with a direction to set aside its judgment and to proceed further in accordance with the views expressed in the opinion in Rubalcava v. Garst, 56 N. M. 647, 248 P.2d 207.

It is so ordered.

LUJAN, C. J., and SADLER, McGHEE, and COMPTON, JJ., concur. COORS, J., did not participate.

Reference

Full Case Name: Sadie PAPA, Estate of Victor Papa, and Dorothy Papa, a minor, by her next friend, Sadie Papa, Piaintiffs-Appellants v. Stephen Q. GARST, Administrator, Estate of Emilio Papa, National Surety Company, New York, New York, by R. L. Baldwin, Attorney in Fact, and Margarita Rubalcava
Status: Published