Legal Opinion
United States v. Lucero
New Mexico Supreme Court
Decided January 15, 1869PublishedCited by 3 opinions
ERROR to the first judicial district, Santa Ana county, in an action of debt on a statute. The opinion states the case.
1Opinion of the Court
By Court,
Watts, C. J:
On the thirteenth day of July, 1867, the United States, by S. B. Elkins, her attorney, instituted a suit in the first judicial district court, for the territory of New Mexico, Santa Ana county, against Jose Juan Lucero, a resident of Santa Ana county, New Mexico, said county being within the tenth judicial district for the territory of New Mexico.
This suit is an action of debt on statute, and the statute upon which it is founded will be found in vol. 4, Statutes at Large, page 730, section 11, and reads as follows, to wit:
“ Section 11. And be it further enacted, that if…
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- United States v. WigginsSupreme Court of the United States · 1840
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