MEAD v. O'CONNOR

No. 6498.

344 P.2d 478 (1959)

66 N.M. 170

Melvin MEAD, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Jerry O'CONNOR, Defendant-Appellant.

Supreme Court of New Mexico.

September 25, 1959.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hilton A. Dickson, Jr., Atty. Gen., B.J. Baggett and Philip R. Ashby, Asst. Attys. Gen., for appellant.

McKenna & Sommer, Santa Fe, for appellee.


COMPTON, Justice.

Appellee, plaintiff below, brought this action for damages in which he charges that appellant unlawfully, wilfully, and maliciously assaulted him at "Phil's Bar" in Chama. Issue was joined; and, as a further defense, appellant asserted that he was a member of the New Mexico State Police; that the acts complained of were performed by him in the discharge of his official duties as a conservator of the peace, and that excessive force was not used while...

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