When the plaintiff shall be ignorant of the name of the defendant, such defendant may be designated in any pleading or proceeding by any name or description, and when his true name is discovered, the pleading or proceeding may be amended accordingly. The plaintiff in such case must state in his complaint that he could not ascertain the true name, and the summons must contain the words, "real name unknown".
History: Laws 1897, ch. 73, § 84; C.L. 1897, § 2685 (84); Code 1915, § 4166; C.S. 1929, § 105-609; 1941 Comp., § 19-406; 1953 Comp., § 21-4-6.
Bracketed material. — The bracketed material was inserted by the compiler and is not part of the law.
Cross references. — For amendment of pleadings generally, see Rule 1-015 NMRA