{"data":{"id":"us-nm/44-5-8","jurisdiction":"us-nm","citation":"44-5-8","heading":"[Suit before magistrate; interrogatories to defendant.]","body":"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.","path":["Chapter 44 - Miscellaneous Civil Law Matters","ARTICLE 5 Gambling Debts and Losses"],"source_url":"https://nmonesource.com/nmos/nmsa-unanno/en/item/18545/index.do","current_through":"2023-06-16","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T15:02:19Z","sha256":"94f796880fe2e9871610f8789bd3a6f3d94c6606693d0961069d0bde07046234","source_id":"us-nm","stale":false,"prev":"us-nm/44-5-7","next":"us-nm/44-5-9"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}