Maestas v. Christmas

SWOPE, District Judge.

This is an appeal from a judgment entered by the District Court of Santa Fe County in an action by the plaintiff under the wrongful death statute in which she was awarded a recovery against defendant by the jury. The appellant here was the defendant below and the appellee, who is the widow and administratrix of the estate of Jose M. Maestas, deceased, was the plaintiff. The parties will be designated here as they were below.

This action arose out of an accident which occurred on October 31, 1953, in Cebolla, New Mexico, which is a village located in Rio Arriba County on…