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§ 42-4-5 NMSA 1978

[Contents of complaint.]

C.L. 1897, § 2685 (253), added by Laws 1907, ch. 107, § 1 (253); Code 1915, § 4363; C.S. 1929, § 105-1804; 1941 Comp., § 25-805; 1953 Comp., § 22-8-5.

It shall be sufficient for the plaintiff to declare in his complaint that on some day, named therein, he was entitled to the possession of the premises, describing them; and that the defendant, on a day named in the complaint, afterwards entered into such premises, and unlawfully withheld from the plaintiff the possession thereof, to his damage for any sum he may name.

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