Legal Opinion
Batchelor v. Charley
New Mexico Supreme Court
Decided January 4, 1965No. 7500PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
NOBLE, Justice.
Plaintiff (appellee) brought suit on a promissory note in the district court of San Juan County, New Mexico, against Joe B. Charley and Sarah Charley, appellants, Navajo Indians, who lived on land leased to them by the United States under the Taylor Grazing Act, not within the boundaries of an Indian reservation. Defendants, by special appearance only, challenged the jurisdiction of the state court, and have appealed from an adverse judgment. This appeal presents the single question whether Art. XXI, § 2 of the New Mexico Constitution denies a state court jurisdiction over a…
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