Legal Opinion
Witherspoon v. Brummett
New Mexico Supreme Court
Decided December 31, 1946No. 5000PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BRICE, Justice.
The question is whether appellee’s testate, R. M. Witherspoon, was at his death in 1946 the owner of the South Half of Section 14, Township 7, North of Range 26 East, N. M. P. M., situated in Curry County, New Mexico.
The following is the -decision of the trial court:
“1. That the estate of Joe T. Brummett, deceased was probated before the Probate Court of Curry County, New Mexico, in cause No. 389, and P. B. Hartley was appointed and qualified as administrator therein on the 5th day of July, 1922.
“2. That the wife of Joe T. Brummett predeceased him and that at his death he was…
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