New Mexico State Highway Department v. Bible

BICKLEY, Justice.

Defendant in error as plaintiff sued plaintiffs in error as defendants, and will hereafter be referred to as plaintiff and defendants. The suit was to recover workmen’s compensation, the plaintiff claiming total disability resulting from a permanent injury received while employed by the defendant New Mexico State Highway Department (Commission). Judgment was for plaintiff against defendants for the relief prayed, including $250 attorneys’ fees 'for prosecuting claim, in the district court allowed as a part of the costs. Defendants appealed and rely upon the following points…