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GUZMAN v. AVILA

No. 5573.

265 P.2d 363 (1954)

58 N.M. 43

GUZMAN et al. v. AVILA et al.

Supreme Court of New Mexico.

January 4, 1954.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. D. Weir, L. J. Maveety, W. C. Whatley, Las Cruces, for plaintiffs in error.

None, for defendants in error.

LUJAN, Justice.

This controversy involves the custody of a nine-year-old child. The plaintiffs in error, to whom reference is hereinafter made as plaintiffs, filed their petition in the district court of Dona Ana County, to adopt one Yolanda Garcia, the natural daughter of Adela Garcia Avila and step-daughter of Henry Avila, defendants in error hereinafter designated as defendants. At the conclusion of the trial the lower

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