LANCE v. NEW MEXICO MILITARY INSTITUTE

No. 6912.

371 P.2d 995 (1962)

70 N.M. 158

Mrs. Jack LANCE, widow and sole surviving dependent of Sgt. Jack Lance, Deceased, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. NEW MEXICO MILITARY INSTITUTE, a State of New Mexico School for the teaching of military service, and Hartford Accident and Indemnity Co., a corporation, Defendants-Appellees.

Supreme Court of New Mexico.

Rehearing Denied June 18, 1962.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas B. Forbis, James M.H. Cullender, Roswell, for appellant.

Frazier & Cusack, Roswell, for appellees.


CARMODY, Justice.

The trial court entered judgment for the defendants under a claim for workmen's compensation in a death case, and the widow of the decedent appeals.

The basic claim of error has to do with the substantial evidence rule, although there are other allied questions relating to both the findings made and those refused by the trial court, estoppel, and the refusal to receive certain testimony.

The trial court made certain findings, which...

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