Legal Opinion
Jellison v. Gleason
New Mexico Supreme Court
Decided February 13, 1967No. 8161PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
CARMODY, Justice.
This appeal is from the action of the trial court in granting a directed verdict at the close of the plaintiff’s case.
The parties will be referred to as they appeared in the court below.
The issues raised relate to the liability of a landlord to a social guest of a tenant because of a defective condition in the premises. Plaintiff urges that liability arose for one of two reasons, (1) that the defective condition amounted to a nuisance, and (2) that the landlord was under a duty to use ordinary care to prevent injury to the social guest of the tenant because the entire…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Taylor v. New Jersey Highway AuthoritySupreme Court of New Jersey · 1956
- Mozert v. NoedingNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1966
- Crenshaw v. Firestone Tire & Rubber CompanyNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1963
- Schiavone v. FalangoSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1962
- Caldwell v. JohnsenNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1957
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3Cited by11 opinions
- First National Bank Ex Rel. Huckleby v. Nor-Am Agricultural Products, Inc.New Mexico Court of Appeals · 1975
- Padilla v. LawrenceNew Mexico Court of Appeals · 1984
- Scott v. JordanNew Mexico Court of Appeals · 1983
- Abbinett v. FoxNew Mexico Court of Appeals · 1985
- New Mexico Sheriffs & Police Ass'n v. Bureau of RevenueNew Mexico Court of Appeals · 1973
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