Legal Opinion
Jim v. CIT Financial Services Corporation
New Mexico Supreme Court
Decided April 11, 1975No. 10200PublishedCited by 48 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
STEPHENSON, Justice.
Appellant (Jim) is an enrolled member of the Navajo Nation residing on the Navajo Reservation in San Juan County, New Mexico. Mr. Jim purchased a pickup truck in Farmington, New Mexico and defendant-appellee (CIT) financed the purchase. Thereafter, Jim defaulted by failing to make payments as required under the contract. Two agents of CIT came upon the Navajo Reservation and, without the written consent of Jim, repossessed the pickup. CIT filed no replevin or other action in the Navajo Tribal Court. Subsequently, Jim filed suit in the District Court of San Juan…
2Cases cited5 opinions
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- United States Ex Rel. MacKey v. CoxeSupreme Court of the United States · 1856
- Americana of Puerto Rico, Inc. v. Samuel R. Kaplus and J. Kaplus & Sons, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1966
- Jim v. CIT Financial Services CorporationNew Mexico Court of Appeals · 1974
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