May

REPORTS OF CASES

DETERMINED IN

THE SUPREME COURT

OF THE

TERRITORY OF NEW MEXICO

FROM JANUARY 3, 1893, TO AUGUST 24, 1895.

CHARLES H. GILDERSLEEVE

REPORTER

VOLUME VII

COLUMBIA, MO.:

E. W. STEPHENS, PUBLISHER,

1897.

Entered according to act of Congress in the year 1897 by

E. W. STEPHENS,

In the office of the Librarian of Congress at Washington, D. C.

Pec. Apr. 12,1877.

OF THE

SUPREME AND DISTRICT COURTS

OF THE

TERRITORY OF NEW MEXICO.

FROM 1846 TO 1895, BOTH INCLUSIVE.

COMPILED BY

JAMES H. PURDY

OF THE SANTA FE BAR.

CHIEF JUSTICES.

By the organic act, 1851, the supreme court was constituted of a chief justice and two associate justices. In 1887 a third associate justice was added; and in 1889 was added a fourth associate justice.

The First District, from 1846 to 1860, included the counties of Santa Fe, Santa Ana, and San Miguel. In 1860, the counties of Mora, Colfax, Taos, and Rio Arriba, were added. In 1887, the First District was made to include the counties of Santa Fe, San Juan, Rio Arriba, and Taos.

ASSOCIATE JUSTICES, SECOND DISTRICT.

Headquarters at Albuquerque.

The Second District, from 1846 to 1860, was composed of the counties of Bernalillo, Valencia, and (soon as organized) Socorro, Dona Ana, and Arizona. In 1860, the District was constituted of the counties of Bernalillo, Valencia, and Socorro. In 1889, Socorro county was transferred to the Fifth District.

The Third District, from 1846 to 1860, consisted of the counties of Taos and Rio Arriba. In 1860, those counties became part of the First District, organized of Dona Ana county. In 1887, the Third District was reorganized of Dona Ana and Grant counties, with headquarters at Las Cruces. In 189-, Sierra county was added, and in 1895, Silver City was designated as headquarters.

ASSOCIATE JUSTICES, FOURTH DISTRICT.

Headquarters at Las Vegas.

This District was organized in 1887, of the counties of San Miguel, Colfax, Mora, and Lincoln. In 1889, Lincoln county became part of the Fifth District, and, in 1891, Guadalupe county was added, and, in 1893,

This District was organized in 1889, of the counties of Socorro, Lincoln, with Chavez and Eddy counties when organized.