ROMERO v. MELENDEZ

No. 9375.

498 P.2d 305 (1972)

83 N.M. 776

Americo ROMERO, Administrator of the Estate of Pedro R. Melendez, Deceased, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Celene M. MELENDEZ, Defendant-Appellant.

Supreme Court of New Mexico.

June 16, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sommer, Lawler & Scheuer, Santa Fe, for appellant.

Matias L. Chacon, Espanola, Anthony J. Albert, Santa Fe, for appellee.


OPINION

McMANUS, Justice.

This case was brought in Rio Arriba County requesting a determination that certain life insurance policies, a mutual fund, a savings account and a checking account were the property of the estate of Pedro R. Melendez. The answer of the defendant-appellant, Celene Melendez, denied ownership by the estate and asserted a counterclaim to recover the amount of a savings account withdrawn by the plaintiff-appellee, Americo Romero, administrator...

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