Case Name: Jose Abad MAESTAS, Contestant and Appellant, v. Amarante CASIAS, Contestee and Appellee
Court: Supreme Court of New Mexico
Jurisdiction: New Mexico
Decision Date: 1946-12-26
Citations: 50 N.M. 273
Docket Number: No. 4951
Parties: Jose Abad MAESTAS, Contestant and Appellant, v. Amarante CASIAS, Contestee and Appellee.
Judges: SADLER, C. J., and BRICE, LUJAN, and HUDSPETH, JJ., concur.
Reporter: New Mexico Reports
Volume: 50
Pages: 273–273

Head Matter:
175 P.2d 1002
Jose Abad MAESTAS, Contestant and Appellant, v. Amarante CASIAS, Contestee and Appellee.
No. 4951.
Supreme Court of New Mexico.
Dec. 26, 1946.
Reed Holloman and M. W. Hamilton, both of Santa Fe, for appellant-contestant.
Seth & Montgomery and Joseph M. Montoya, all of Santa Fe, for appelleecontestee.

Opinion:
BICKLEY, Justice.
Maestas and Casias were opposing candidates in the general election of 1944 for the office of Probate Judge of Rio Arriba County. Casias was declared elected on the face of the returns. Maestas commenced election contest proceedings, serving on Casias a notice of contest, the sufficiency of which was challenged by contestee. The trial court sustained the challenge and dismissed the proceedings, from which action of the court, this appeal was taken. Upon stipulation of the parties, this and the cognate case of Ferran v. Trujillo, No. 4948, 175 P.2d 998, were consolidated. It was further stipulated and ordered that the decision in said Cause No. 4948 should be taken and considered as our decision in this cause.
It follows that the judgment must be affirmed, and
It is so ordered.
SADLER, C. J., and BRICE, LUJAN, and HUDSPETH, JJ., concur.