Legal Opinion

McDonald v. Lambert

New Mexico Supreme Court

Decided November 5, 1938No. 4380PublishedCited by 51 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

BRICE, Justice.

This suit was brought by appellant to establish in her, title to an undivided one-half interest in three hundred and twenty acres of land, the legal title to which is in the appellee. The parties had been husband and wife, and were divorced without a settlement of their property interests.

The principal question, and the only one necessary to a decision, is whether at the time the parties were divorced the real estate in question was community property.

On the 14th of February, 1916, the appellee filed a United States homestead entry on the land in question, and thereafter…

2Cases cited45 opinions

  1. Beals ex rel. Walker v. AresNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1919
  2. Spreckels v. SpreckelsCalifornia Supreme Court · 1897
  3. Perkins v. Sunset Tel. and Tel. Co.California Supreme Court · 1909
  4. McCune v. EssigSupreme Court of the United States · 1905
  5. Kenney v. KenneyCalifornia Supreme Court · 1934

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3Cited by51 opinions

  1. Morgan v. Firestone Tire & Rubber Co.Idaho Supreme Court · 1948
  2. Laura Massaglia v. Commissioner of Internal RevenueCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1961
  3. Massaglia v. CommissionerUnited States Tax Court · 1959
  4. Smith v. MeadowsNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1952
  5. Hollingsworth v. HicksNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1953

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