Legal Opinion
Hendrickson v. Brooks
New Mexico Supreme Court
Decided January 9, 1936No. 4139PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HUDSPETH, Justice.
Claud A. Hendrickson, appellee, sued Bert Brooks, appellant, for damages, based upon personal injuries sustained when his automobile left the highway and turned over. The jury returned a verdict in favor of appellee for $15,000 which by remittitur was reduced to $10,000, for which sum judgment was rendered. This appeal followed.
The accident occurred about 8 p. m. on the 31st of August, 1933, in the settlement of Polvadera, ten miles north of Socorro on the Albuquerque-El Paso Highway, and was alleged to have been caused by a dip or ditch cut across the highway at a right…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Esponette v. WisemanSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1931
- Gilbert v. New Mexico Const. Co.New Mexico Supreme Court · 1935
- Romney v. LynchUtah Supreme Court · 1921
3Cited by4 opinions
- Nester v. United Foundation Corp.West Virginia Supreme Court · 1951
- White v. White Consolidated, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1946
- Reynolds v. J. C. Critcher, Inc.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1962
- Walker ex rel. Walker v. C & C Contractors, Inc.New Mexico Supreme Court · 1964