Board of Directors of the New Mexico Insane Asylum v. Runkel

SADLER, Justice.

The question for decision is whether the ordinary non-claim statute barring recovery on a claim not presented and favorably acted upon by a personal representative within a fixed time operates against a State, its legal subdivisions or agencies. . •

The present appeal presents a ■ single judgment entered in two cases, one originating in the probate court of Chaves County and removed by appeal to the district court of the county; the other originating in the district court of the county, where an order of consolidation of the causes for purposes of trial and judgment was…