Legal Opinion

Miera v. Akers

New Mexico Supreme Court

Decided October 16, 1919No. Nos. 2220, 2229, 2230PublishedCited by 9 opinions

Appeal from District Court, Sandoval County; Reynolds, Judge. A purported will of Epimenic A. Miera, deceased, • dated August 19, 1916, was filed for probate, and another purported will, dated July 16, 1916, was filed for probate by Venceslao Miera, and after hearing the probate court admitted the will of July 16, 1916, to probate, and decreed that the will of August 19, 1916, was invalid, and issued letters to John W. Akers and Venceslao S. Miera as executors and ordered…

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Appeal from District Court, Sandoval County; Reynolds, Judge. A purported will of Epimenic A. Miera, deceased, • dated August 19, 1916, was filed for probate, and another purported will, dated July 16, 1916, was filed for probate by Venceslao Miera, and after hearing the probate court admitted the will of July 16, 1916, to probate, and decreed that the will of August 19, 1916, was invalid, and issued letters to John W. Akers and Venceslao S. Miera as executors and ordered that the will, the opinion of the court, and the record in the August, 1916, will case, be transmitted to district court,…

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OPINION OP THE COURT

PARKER, C. J.

Epimenio A. Miera died in Sandoval county on October 9, 1916, possessed of certain real and personal property. Ten days after Ms death an instrument purporting to be his,last will and testament, dated August 19, 1916, was filed for probate in the office of the clerk of the probate court. On November 25, 1916, another instrument, purporting to be his last will and testament, dated July 6, 1916, was filed for probate by Venceslao Miera in said court.

Hearings were had in the probate court with respect to both of said instruments, and on January 6, 1917, the…

2Cited by9 opinions

  1. Calloway v. MillerNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1954
  2. In Re Towndrow's WillNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1943
  3. Brown v. HellerNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1924
  4. State v. ArmijoNew Mexico Supreme Court · 2016
  5. In Re Heiman's Will &8212 Wilson v. RuthNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1931

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