Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1908-01-17
SUPREME COURT
ADJOURNS TO-DAY
Next Session Will
Convene on Feb.
ruary "a
MORE LAWYERS ADMITTED
Associated Justice Abbott
Renders Opinion in Nc
kenzie King Case.

me supreme court OF New Mexico
continued In session today. reconven.
ing this morning at 10 o'clock. There
were present
Chief Justice William J. Mills. Al.
soclate Justice John R. McFie, AS
sociate Justice Frank ". Parker. As
sociate Justice William H. Pope. AS
soclate Justice Edward A. Mann and
Associate Justice Ira A. Abbott. Jose
ID. Sena, clerk Of the court, was at
his post. The United States was repre-
sented by U. s. District Attorney d.
}. leahy and the Territory by Attor.
ney General James M Heryev. Denutv
U. S. Marshal Harry +. Bogh was In
attendance representing u. S. Marshal
|C NJ Foraker.
Extend Terms Of U. S. District
Courts.
Hereafter U. S. district court terms
in the territory will be offsiy months
duration instead of only three months
as has been the case up TO this time.
An order extending the limit from
three to six months was entered this
morning in the supreme court. This
action was taken after conference
between the justices.
An opinion was handed down this
morning by Associate Justice Abbot,
affirming the decision of the trial
court IN the case of Alexander Nc.
kenzie, appellant, versus John King,
appellee, which was appealed from
the district court of Union county.
The suit involved a promissory note
given by the defendant to the firm
OF II. j. Collins and company on Sen.
tember Is, 1901, and payable on De.
cember l, 1901.
Statement Of Facts in Case
AT the time when the note was
given the plaintiff was member o,
the firm of H. J. Collins and COM
pany, which was dissolved on Novem.
Der %, 1901. The plaintiff alleged
that the note was transferred to him
together with other property when
the firm quit business and has not
been paid. The defendant on the
other hand while admitting the max
ing of the note to the firm alleged that
he had paid it to Collins. another
member Of the firm, and that if It
was transferred to the plaintiff, which
he did not admit, 1t was with fun
knowledge on the plaintiffs part that
it had already been paid.
The case was tried before a Jury In
1906 and verdict was rendered In
favor of the plaintiff. A motion for q
new trial being oyerruled, the case
was appealed with the result as al.
ready stated.
Chief Justice Mills who sat In the
original trial did not participate in
the opinion.
Practically all of the forenoon ses.
sion today was devoted to arguments
IN the case of Michael A. Ross, an.
pellee, versus Clark M. Carr, appel
liant. which was appealed from the
district court of Berna.lllo county.
Attorney o. n Marion of Albuquer.
Nle, appeared as counsel for the
plaintiff and Attorney E. L. Medler OF
Albuquerque, represented the defend
ant.
Clark Case Goes Over Until February
The case of the Territory of New
Mexico, appellee, versus Jap L.
Clark, appellant, appealed from the
district court Of Torrance county, was
today reset for the February session
Clark was convicted Of the chargs OF
murder and Is serving a term In the
penitentiary. He does not deny the
killing but claims it was done In self
defense.
Licenses were granted yesterday af-
ternoon admitting two more attor-
neys to the bar of New Mexico. They
are E. A. Mayo Of Tularosa, and
Vim w. Moore, OF Tucumcari. They
qualified at once and signed the roll.
Court adjourned this afternoon until
February "a.