Legal Opinion
Williams v. City of Tucumcari
New Mexico Supreme Court
Decided July 30, 1926No. 2907PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
BRICE, District Judge.
"We have concluded there was. never any legal authority for the city council to pay to plaintifff the salary claimed, which makes it unnecesarsy to decide a number of propositions advanced. The allegations of the complaint show clearly that such claim is based upon informal orders made by the city council fixing the salary of the city clerk, and not by formal ordinances as required by the statute. If the court erred in, overruling plaintiff’s motion to strike defendant’s answer because it was not verified — and we do.not think he did — (Bank of…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- City of Nevada ex rel. Gilfillan v. EddySupreme Court of Missouri · 1894
- Newman v. City of EmporiaSupreme Court of Kansas · 1884
- Bank of Edgefield v. Farmers' Co-operative Manuf'g Co.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1892
- City of Central v. SearsSupreme Court of Colorado · 1875
- Hyde v. BryanNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1918
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3Cited by7 opinions
- West Old Town Neighborhood Ass'n v. City of AlbuquerqueNew Mexico Court of Appeals · 1996
- Dugger v. City of Santa FeNew Mexico Court of Appeals · 1992
- West Bluff Neighborhood Ass'n v. City of AlbuquerqueNew Mexico Court of Appeals · 2002
- Atlixco Coalition v. County of BernalilloNew Mexico Court of Appeals · 1999
- Ward v. City of RoswellNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1929
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