Legal Opinion

Fresquez v. Farnsworth & Chambers Co.

New Mexico Supreme Court

Decided December 29, 1955No. 5947PublishedCited by 5 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

SADLER, Justice.

The question presented for decision is whether a suit for workmen’s compensation filed September 12, 1952, by reason of an accidental injury suffered August 8, 1952, was filed prematurely.

While the extent and permanency of the plaintiff’s disability were made issuable by the pleadings and litigated below, these questions are not before us on this appeal, having been settled in favor of the plaintiff by the findings of the trial court, leaving for consideration here only two questions, viz., (1) Is the suit premature and (2) Did the court err in making the attorneys fees…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. George v. Miller & Smith, Inc.New Mexico Supreme Court · 1950
  2. Spieker v. Skelly Oil CompanyNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1954
  3. Swallows v. City of AlbuquerqueNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1955
  4. State Ex Rel. Mountain States Mut. Cas. Co. v. SwopeNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1954
  5. Featherstone v. Bureau of RevenueNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1954

3Cited by5 opinions

  1. Grudzina v. New Mexico Youth Diagnostic & Development CenterNew Mexico Court of Appeals · 1986
  2. In the Matter of the Workmen's Compensation of Feliberto Fresquez v. Farnsworth & Chambers Company, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1956
  3. Martinez v. Wester Brothers Wholesale Produce Co.New Mexico Supreme Court · 1961
  4. Moody v. HastingsNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1963
  5. Grudzina v. NM YOUTH DIAGNOSTIC & DEVELOP.New Mexico Court of Appeals · 1986

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