Dollison v. Fireman's Fund Insurance Company

I cannot permit this opinion to be filed without noting my disagreement. Although I was not a member of the panel that participated in the case, I do this so that the record may show my feeling that our precedents are being departed from without overruling them.

I do not propose to set forth all of the cases holding that the showing of diligence to obtain final disposition of a case must be in the record. The line of cases so holding is unbroken, starting with Ringle Development Corporation v. Chavez, 51 N.M. 156, 180 P.2d 790, decided in 1947, down to and including Reger v. Preston, 77 N.M.…