Torris v. Dysart
New Mexico Supreme Court
1Opinion of the Court
CARMODY, Justice.
This is an action to rescind a release agreement, for an accounting, and for a declaratory judgment to determine an interest in real property.
Torris (plaintiff below) seeks reversal solely on the basis that he claims to have obtained a community-property interest by reason of his work under a contract of employment with Mrs. Dysart, and that therefore his subsequent release of all interest in mining claims is void because it lacked his wife’s signature.
The facts as found by the trial court are in no sense attacked, nor is there even an attempt to do so, and they will be…
2Cases cited11 opinions
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- Porter v. Butte Farmers Mutual Insurance CompanyNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1961
- Addison v. TessierNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1957
- Chambers v. BessentNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1913
- Atwood v. McGrathWashington Supreme Court · 1926
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- Lee v. GruschusNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1966