Opinion ID: 1206136
Heading Depth: 1
Heading Rank: 3

Heading: Test for Stating Claim

Text: The test for whether a claim has been stated has been set forth by this Court in Hall v. Budagher, 76 N.M. 591, 592, 417 P.2d 71, 72 (1966): In considering whether a complaint states a claim upon which relief can be granted we assume as true all facts well pleaded.    A further applicable rule is that the motion to dismiss a complaint should be granted only if it appears that upon no [state of] facts provable under the complaint could plaintiff recover or be entitled to relief. (Citations omitted.) Accord, Ramsey v. Zeigner, 79 N.M. 457, 444 P.2d 968 (1968); Rubenstein v. Weil, 75 N.M. 562, 408 P.2d 140 (1965); Jones v. International Union of Operating Engineers, 72 N.M. 322, 383 P.2d 571 (1963). The amended complaint herein states facts which show a written contract, made by a partnership both for its own benefit and allegedly for the benefit of an undisclosed principal, Montoya, and a breach thereof. If we may accept these facts as true for purposes of deciding whether a claim is stated, we will have no trouble concluding that plaintiff adequately states a claim against Montoya. We know of no other way plaintiff could frame a complaint against a wholly-undisclosed principal.