Lance v. New Mexico Military Institute

CARMODY, Justice.

The trial court entered judgment for the defendants under a claim for workmen’s compensation in a death case, and the widow of the decedent appeals.

The basic claim of error has to do with the substantial evidence rule, although there are other allied questions relating to both the findings made and those refused by the trial court, estoppel, and the refusal to receive certain testimony.

The trial court made certain findings, which may be summarized as follows: Sergeant Lance was a member of the United States Army, stationed on the campus of the New Mexico Military Institute as…