Legal Opinion
McKenzie v. K. S. N. Co.
New Mexico Court of Appeals
Decided June 21, 1968No. 134PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
WOOD, Judge.
The issue is the authority of the probate court to grant letters of administration under that portion of § 31-1-3, N.M.S.A. >(1953) which reads:
“ * * * if he died out of the state, having no mansion, house or place of abode, or lands within this state, letters ■ may be granted in any county in which any personal estate of the deceased may be.”
Decedent, Juan Zehtner, had neither ■mansion, house, place of abode nor lands in New Mexico. The only personal estate asserted is a cause of action for wrongful death. Under the facts of this case, the district court concluded that the…
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