Legal Opinion
WESTERN SURETY COMPANY v. Reed
New Mexico Supreme Court
Decided December 9, 1968No. 8695PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
COMPTON, Justice.
The question presented is whether appellant’s failure to pay to the County of Bernalillo monthly remittance due from his office as Justice of the Peace as provided by § 36-19-24, N.M.S.A.1953, constituted an act of defalcation and thereby created a debt not dischargeable in bankruptcy.
The facts in the case are not controverted. A complaint was filed by the County of Bernalillo in Small Claims Court against the appellant Reed alleging that he had failed, neglected and refused to pay to the County Treasurer monthly remittances due from his office as a Justice of the…
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