LOPEZ v. HEESEN

No. 6760.

365 P.2d 448 (1961)

69 N.M. 206

Jesse G. LOPEZ, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Robert HEESEN and Sears, Roebuck and Company, a corporation, Defendants-Appellees.

Supreme Court of New Mexico.

Rehearing Denied October 31, 1961.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Smith, Kiker & Kitts, and Ramon Lopez, Albuquerque, for appellant.

Sutin & Jones, Albuquerque, David R. Hardy, Kansas City, Mo., for appellees.


CHAVEZ, Justice.

Appellant, Jesse G. Lopez, originally filed suit against appellee, Robert Heesen, alleging that on October 15, 1958, Heesen unlawfully, violently, maliciously and feloniously assaulted and shot appellant with a shotgun, thereby inflicting dangerous and painful wounds and injuries to appellant, causing him great bodily and mental pain and anguish, all to his damage in the total sum of $80,000, which included $25,000 punitive damages.

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