Legal Opinion
Lopez v. Townsend
New Mexico Supreme Court
Decided September 24, 1938No. 4264PublishedCited by 33 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ZINN, Justice.
This is an appeal from a judgment in favor of plaintiff below (appellee here) in the sum of $5,000 awarded by the trial court, without jury, for the wrongful death of plaintiff’s husband. The death occurred May 1, 1931.
This case has. been heretofore before us on questions of law. See Lopez v. Townsend, 37 N.M. 574, 25 P.2d 809, 96 A.L.R. 342.
The ■ defendants (appellants here) assign severity-six alleged errors. The seventy-six are summed up under two points, as follows:
1. The evidence was insufficient to show that the death of deceased was caused by negligence of defendant…
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- Kandelin v. Lee Moor Contracting Co.New Mexico Supreme Court · 1933
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