Legal Opinion

In Re Riedlinger's Will

New Mexico Supreme Court

Decided November 26, 1932No. 3671PublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtWatson, J.

This is an appeal from the judgment of the district court Sustaining a will and admitting it to probate.

The matter reached the district court by appeal from a similar decision of the probate court taken by certain heirs at law, the present appellants, who appeared at the hearing, evidently as objectors to the probate of the will.

The district judge overruled a demand of the objectors or contestants for a trial by jury. That action is here assigned as error. It presents a question of statutory construction.

The probate court has exclusive jurisdiction of the probate of wills. 1929 Comp. St. §…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. The New YorkCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1901

3Cited by6 opinions

  1. Calloway v. MillerNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1954
  2. In Re Towndrow's WillNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1943
  3. State Ex Rel. Gallegos v. District Court, Ninth Judicial Dist.New Mexico Supreme Court · 1936
  4. Frock v. FowlieNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1969
  5. In Re Owens'estateNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1957

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