Legal Opinion
Salazar v. Town of Bernalillo
New Mexico Supreme Court
Decided December 21, 1956No. 6098PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
McGLIEE, Justice.
The defendant, Town of Bernalillo, appeals from a judgment rendered against it in favor of the plaintiff, Ignacio Salazar, for $8,000, following trial before a jury.
The decisive question is whether the town is liable in damages for an unusually violent assault committed upon the plaintiff by a deputy marshal of the town acting upon orders of its mayor, by reason of which plaintiff lost the sight of his right eye and suffered other injuries.
If the town has liability, the basis for it must be found in § 14-17-11, N.M.S.A.1953, which provides:
“No personal action shall be…
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