Legal Opinion
Pollack v. Montoya
New Mexico Supreme Court
Decided July 17, 1951No. 5419PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LUJAN, Chief Justice.
This is a suit for damages brought hr the District Court of Bernalillo County by Sam Pollack against Tom O. Montoya as Chief of Division of Liquor Control and his bonding company. The defendants filed a motion to dismiss for lack of proper venue. The motion was sustained and plaintiff prosecutes this appeal.
Section 19-501 of the 1941 Compilation, provides in part as follows:
“All civil actions commenced in the district courts shall be brought and shall be commenced in counties as follows, and not otherwise:
“Seventh. Suits against any state officers as such shall be brought…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- State Ex Rel. Barney v. HawkinsMontana Supreme Court · 1927
- Chiordi v. JerniganNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1942
- State ex rel. Ward v. RomeroNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1912
- Yarbrough v. MontoyaNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1950
- Parks v. Commissioners of Soldiers' & Sailors' HomeSupreme Court of Colorado · 1896
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3Cited by23 opinions
- State Ex Rel. State Board of Education v. District Court of Bryan CountySupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1955
- State Ex Rel. Attorney General v. ReeseNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1967
- State ex rel. Gomez v. CampbellNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1965
- Runyan v. JaramilloNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1977
- Daniels v. WatsonNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1966
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