Sanchez v. Gattas

McGHEE, Justice.

We will refer to the parties as they appeared in the trial court.

This is an action for conversion and the record contains the story of the passing of a name long famous in New Mexico, the “White Elephant” bar, the rendezvous of the sporting fraternity and political leaders in preprohibition vdays when it was located at Second and Central in Albuquerque. Following the passing of the prohibition era the “White Elephant” was opened in south Albuquerque with a different class of trade. We will skip much of the story and start where the plaintiff entered the picture.

The license and…