STATE v. SWOPE

No. 5819.

273 P.2d 750 (1954)

58 N.M. 553

STATE ex rel. MOUNTAIN STATES MUT. CAS. CO. v. SWOPE.

Supreme Court of New Mexico.

August 18, 1954.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Simms & Modrall and Vance Mauney, Albuquerque, for petitioner.

Joseph L. Smith, Lorenzo A. Chavez and Arturo G. Ortega, Albuquerque, for respondent.


LUJAN, Justice.

M.L. Drinkard, on October 10, 1951, suffered an injury by accident arising out of and in the scope of his employment while working for the W.T. Bookout Construction Company. From the time of his injury up to and including February 28, 1954, The Mountain States Mutual Casualty Company, insurer for the above construction company, paid all compensation payments due up to that time. The adjuster for the insurance company personally delivered this check...

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