LUCUS v. RUCKMAN

No. 5768.

287 P.2d 68 (1955)

59 N.M. 504

Leona LUCUS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Vernon L. RUCKMAN, Defendant-Appellant.

Supreme Court of New Mexico.

Rehearings Denied August 18, 1955.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Compton & Compton, Morgan & Morgan, Portales, for appellant.

H.R. Parsons, Ft. Sumner, J. V. Gallegos, Tucumcari, (Martin A. Threet, Albuquerque, on rehearing only) for appellee.


LUJAN, Justice.

This is an appeal from a judgment of the District Court of De Baca County setting aside the final decree of the Probate Court of said county, In The Matter of the Estate of Fred C. Ruckman, deceased, No. 440. This appeal is prosecuted to secure a reversal of the trial court's action.

Fred C. Ruckman and Edith Drake, both deceased, lived in the same community in the State of Missouri and visited each other prior to their marriage. In 1896 the...

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