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REEVES v. FOUTZ AND TANNER, INC.

Nos. 12807, 12808.

617 P.2d 149 (1980)

94 N.M. 760

Lydia REEVES, Petitioner, v. FOUTZ AND TANNER, INC., d/b/a Tanner's Big Dollar, Respondent. Grace BEGAY, Petitioner, v. FOUTZ AND TANNER, INC., d/b/a Tanner's Big Dollar, Respondent.

Supreme Court of New Mexico.

Rehearing Denied October 10, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Judy A. Flynn-O'Brien, Earl R. Mettler, Timothy V. Flynn-O'Brien, Shiprock, for petitioners.

John Schindler, Farmington, for respondent.

George W. Kozeliski, Gallup, Jeff Bingaman, Atty. Gen., Paul L. Biderman, Asst. Atty. Gen., Santa Fe, amici curiae.

OPINION

SOSA, Chief Justice.

These suits were brought as separate actions but were consolidated by the Court of Appeals because the issues were essentially the same. The trial court held for plaintiffs, the Court of Appeals reversed, and we reverse the Court of Appeals.

Plaintiffs Reeves and Begay are uneducated Navajo Indians whose ability to understand English and commercial matters are limited. Each of...

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