Court Opinion

ID: 9567289
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-21 19:51:49.064934+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T10:00:30.987671
License: Public Domain

MOISE, Justice (dissenting). In my view, it is impossible to find a material distinction between the facts in this case and those in Tsosie v. Foundation Reserve Insurance Company, 77 N.M. 671, 427 P.2d 29, decided this date, and accordingly I am unable to justify a result here directly contrary to that reached.in Tsosie. Neither do I see. any basis for overruling findings that the misrepresentations relied on were not material. This was a question of fact to be resolved by the trier of the facts, Mayflower Ins. Exch. v. Gilmont, 280 F.2d 13, 89 A.L.R.2d 1019 (1960), and not to be reversed by us unless unsupported by substantial evidence. Gilmer v. Gilmer, 77 N.M. 137, 419 P.2d 976 (1966) ; Pack v. Read, 77 N.M. 76, 419 P.2d 453 (1966). The majority having concluded otherwise, I respectfully dissent. CHAVEZ, C. J., concurs.