Richardson Ford Sales v. Cummins
New Mexico Supreme Court
1Opinion of the Court
NOBLE, Justice.
Appellant (plaintiff) seeks to subject former community property awarded to the wife in a divorce action to the payment of a community debt. He has appealed from an order determining that by reason of the divorce judgment the property became her separate estate and is, therefore, not liable for the debt.
We are urged to determine that a creditor of the former community may follow the property into the wife’s hands after divorce, and subject it to payment of such debt. Unfortunately, however, because of a deficient record, we cannot reach that question.
Even though appellant…
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