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2017 New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 44 - Miscellaneous Civil Law Matters
Article 5 - Gambling Debts and Losses
Section 44-5-8 - Suit before magistrate; interrogatories to defendant.
Universal Citation: NM Stat § 44-5-8 (2017)
44-5-8. [Suit before magistrate; interrogatories to defendant.]
In all suits, under this chapter [44-5-1 to 44-5-14 NMSA 1978], before a justice of the peace [magistrate], the plaintiff may call in the defendant to answer, on oath, any interrogatory touching the case, and if the defendant refuse to answer, the same shall be taken as confessed.
History: Laws 1856-1857, p. 36; C.L. 1865, ch. 36, 8; C.L. 1884, 2297; C.L. 1897, 3206; Code 1915, 2514; C.S. 1929, 58-108; 1941 Comp., 25-1008; 1953 Comp., 22-10-8.
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