Legal Opinion
Tapia v. McKenzie
New Mexico Court of Appeals
Decided August 6, 1971No. 588PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
WQC)D, Chief Judge.
This car-cow collision case is concerned with summary judgment and res ipsa loquitur. ' '.On the day of the accident cattle had .been worked on the south side of the highway and 25 to 30 cows had been brought to the north side of the highway through an underpass.. These cows had been put into a pasture north of and adjacent to the highway. The pasture was approximately 800 acres and 35 to 40 cows were in the pasture. One. of the cows got onto the highway, but the record does not show when. After it was dark, Gauna, a motorist, collided with it. Gauna died from…
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- Grubb v. WolfeNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1965
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3Cited by20 opinions
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- Phifer v. HerbertNew Mexico Court of Appeals · 1993
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