Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1907-01-18
SESSION OF
SUPREME COURT
Two More Attorneys Admitted to
Practice--committee Appointed
to Draft Resolutions.

The Supreme Court of New Mexico
continued its session at 10 o'clock this
morning in the chambers at the Cap.
itol building. There were present:
Chief Justice William j. Mills, As.
sociate Justice John r. McFie. Asso.
ciate Justice Frank W. Parker, Asso-
ciate Justice william Fl. Pope; Asso-
ciate Justice Edward A. Mann and AS
sociate Justice Ira A. Abbott. Jose d.
Sena, clerk of the court, was at his
post United States Attorney W. II. H.
Llewellyn was present. The Terri.
tory was represented by Attorney Cen
eral w. G. Reid. United States Dep
uty Marshal H. F. Bogh was in attend
ance.
The following cases came up for
consideration today:
No, 1892, Levi r. Thompson and A.
b. McMillen, appellants, vs. Maria
Inez Garcia de Snyder, appellee. Judg-
ment of lower court reversed and
cause remained with instructions.
Opinion by Associate Justice Pope.
No. ll0l, Roman L. Baca, ct al,
plaintiffs, Filomena Perea de Otero,
ct al. interveners, appellants VS.. San
tiago Anaya, ct AL, appellees. Motion
to quash citation overruled. The court
held that 1t had right to order cta-
tiOn to issue and when no personal
service could be obtained that service
by publications was sufficient.
No, 1150, W. R. PLANT, appellant vs.,
S. Grabfielder & Company appellee.
Judgment of lower court affirmed
Opinion by Associate Justice Abbott.
No. 1883, Territory of New Mexico,
appellee, VS.. l.. A. Meredith. appellant.
Reset for February 25.
No. 1881, Cutler and Nelson Faint
and Color Company appellant, VS.. Or
son G. Hinman and Earnest l.. Oakes,
appellees. Submitted on briefs.
No. 1852, Browne and Man7anares
Company. appellee, VS.. Cassius G. !
Guise, appellant. Argued and sub
mitted.
Commitments were issued by the
Supreme Court this morning for John
Black, James Black and John Murphy, |
who were convicted of train robbery
in the Fourth judicial district, and
sentenced to seven years imprison-
ment in the federal prison at Leaven- |
worth, Kansas.
Ex-Governor l.. Bradford Prince this
morning called the attention of the |
court to the recent death in Chicago Of |
Judge Joseph E. Gary. The commit |
tee appointed last year to draft resolu-
tions on the death of Judge Tule was |
instructed to prepare memorial for
Judge Gary and present same TO the |
Court. Judge Gary was one of the
original members of the bar of tine |
the supreme court last week in the |
bar Of New Mexico under the Kearney
Code Court. He was ovor a. quartz |,
of century prominent iurist in |
Chicago He became famous in the |
celebrated trial there OF the an
Attorney John A. Pace and w. e |
Goldman of Clayton and Edward p |
Davies of Willard were admitted yes |
terday afte oon to practice law In |
New Mexico. Messrs. Pace and Gold |
man took the oath of office and sub
scribed to the roll this morning. Mr. |
Davies was given until February Is to
be sworn in and sign the roll.
morning at 10 o'clock.
Opinions in Two Cases.
In the opinion rendered today by |
Associate Justice W. H. Pope in the
case of Levi R. Thompson and A. B. !
appellants, vs. Maria lnez
Garcia de Snyder, appellee, the court
holds that the existence of an ease
ment affords no obstacle to the parti-
tcn of real estate and the cause was
ordered remanded to the trial court |
for further proceedings not inconsist-
ant with the opinion The cause was t
appealed by the defendants from the
district court of Bernalillo County.
The case is a partition suit involv-
ing two lots situated in Albuquerque.
described as lots 0 and II of Block 2
of the Anlbrosio Garcia estate. 1t is
alleged that the lots in question are
in possession of the litigants as ten
ants in common, one being an interior
court yard or placita, and the other a
or saguan leading from
The placita.
The opinion of Associate Justice Ira
A. Abbott today in the case of W. r.
PLANT, appellant, VS.. S. Grabfielder
and Company, appellee recites that
this cause and that of W. R. PLANT,
appellant, VS.. S. Hersch and Company
appellee, involved the same facts and
egal questions and should be consoli-
dated and decided on one brief from
each side for both causes, and that
he opinion rendered by the court
should be decisive of each case.
Both cases We're appealed from the
district count of Chaves County. The
suits we're the outcome OF altered
notes.
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