CHAVEZ v. LOWE

No. 7563.

398 P.2d 622 (1965)

Eloy CHAVEZ, Incompetent, by Bernabe Trujillo, as Guardian of his person and Estate, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Joan R. LOWE and John E. Lowe, Defendants-Appellees.

Supreme Court of New Mexico.

January 25, 1965.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Julius Wollen, Sutin & Jones, Albuquerque, for appellant.

Shaffer & Butt, Albuquerque, for appellees.


CARMODY, Chief Justice.

The trial court, on motion of appellees, ordered plaintiff's complaint dismissed "without prejudice to the right of the plaintiff to file his complaint in Bernalillo County."

Appellant appealed, solely on the ground that a guardian may bring suit to recover damages for personal injuries to his ward in the county of the guardian's residence, although the residence of the ward is elsewhere.

Both appellant's appointment as guardian...

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