Shelley v. Norris

NOBLE, Justice.

Defendant has appealed from a judgment ordering her to execute all necessary instruments to transfer to plaintiff a liquor license, found by the court to be held by her as trustee for plaintiff.

Edwin Shelley individually commenced the action, but died prior to trial of the cause. His widow and two children were substituted as plaintiffs after it was suggested that the Shelley estate had been closed and the administratrix discharged.

The pertinent facts found by the trial court are that Edwin Shelley and his wife leased “Cliff Tavern,” located in Cliff, New Mexico, to Barlow and…