Albuquerque Hilton Inn v. Haley

565 P.2d 1027 (1977)

90 N.M. 510

ALBUQUERQUE HILTON INN, Petitioner,

v.

Mary HALEY, Respondent.

No. 11292.

Supreme Court of New Mexico.

June 29, 1977.

Shaffer, Butt, Jones, Thornton & Dines, Stephen M. Williams, Albuquerque, for petitioner.

Toulouse, Krehbiel & DeLayo, Leonard J. DeLayo, Jr., Albuquerque, for respondent.

OPINION

EASLEY, Justice.

This case arose as a civil action for damages in the District Court of Bernalillo County. The trial court, finding § 49-6-1, N.M.S.A. 1953 (Repl. Vol. 7, 1966) applicable, granted the motion of defendant-appellee-petitioner (hereinafter Hilton) for partial…