Lopez v. Wallace

OPINION

FRASER, Chief Justice.

This single opinion will control the disposition of each of the above cases, which are separate cases on the docket of the trial court and are separate cases on the docket of this court. We granted appellants’ motions to consolidate the two cases for purposes of briefing and oral argument because they involve identical questions of law. Being identical in every material question, both are controlled by this opinion.

These suits were instituted by Martin A. Campbell and Felipe T. Lopez, collectively referred to herein as appellants, against James P. Wallace,…