Rienhardt v. Kelly

OPINION

APOD ACA, Chief Judge.

1. Plaintiff William Arthur Rienhardt appeals from the trial court’s order dismissing him as an excessive plaintiff. Plaintiff and the New Mexico State University Foundation (the Foundation) had jointly filed a cause of action to set aside a lease/purchase contract. At a summary trial, the trial court dismissed Plaintiff as excessive and declared an agreement between Plaintiff and the Foundation to file the suit as champertous and thus void as against public policy. Plaintiff raises five issues on appeal: (1) whether Plaintiff was properly stricken as an excessive…