Legal Opinion

White v. Wheeler

New Mexico Supreme Court

Decided September 16, 1960No. 6624PublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

MOISE, Justice.

Plaintiff-appellant sued defendant-appellee in two causes of action. In his first cause of action plaintiff alleged a parol contract to complete a well which carried an implied warranty that the work would be done in a workmanlike manner and in accordance with good engineering practices; that defendant “caused the drill bit to be broken within said well,” and that defendant breached his implied warranty by improvising “an unorthodox tool' manufactured in a crude and shoddy manner” and in using it got it stuck, thereby ruining the well.

The second cause of action alleges that…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Sundt v. Tobin Quarries, Inc.New Mexico Supreme Court · 1946
  2. Davis v. CampbellNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1948
  3. Marrujo v. MartinezNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1959

3Cited by6 opinions

  1. State Ex Rel. State Highway Commission v. PelletierNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1966
  2. Alvarez v. AlvarezNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1963
  3. Hickman v. MylanderNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1961
  4. Schreiber v. ArmstrongNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1962
  5. Kerr v. Akard Brothers Trucking CompanyNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1963

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