Legal Opinion

Valencia Water Co. v. Neilson

New Mexico Supreme Court

Decided September 3, 1920No. 2402PublishedCited by 10 opinions

Appeal from District Court, Valencia County; Mechem, Judge. Application by the Valencia Water Company for an extension of time for the appropriation of waters of a creek, opposed by F. G. Neilson and others, who also sought the granting of their permits to appropriate.

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Appeal from District Court, Valencia County; Mechem, Judge. Application by the Valencia Water Company for an extension of time for the appropriation of waters of a creek, opposed by F. G. Neilson and others, who also sought the granting of their permits to appropriate. Application granted by the state engineer, and application of Neilson and others denied, and Neilson and others appealed to the board of water commissioners, where the applications were consolidated, and from a decision of the board the company-appealed, and from the action of the district court in docketing and dismissing the…

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION OP THE COURT.

ROBERTS, J.

Appellant was an applicant for appropriation of water under application No. 35 in the office of the state engineer, in which it sought to appropriate certain waters of Bluewater Creek. Its application was allowed, and some work done, various extensions of time applied for and granted, and some time prior to August 2, 1917, it made a further application for extension of time. Appellees were applicants for permit to appropriate waters of said creek under applications Nos. 1,036,1,037,1,038, 1,039, and 1,041. The appellees objected to the extension of time applied…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Costilla Land & Development Co. v. AllenNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1912
  2. In re the Estate of EnglehartNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1912
  3. Roswell Nursery Co. v. MielenzNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1913
  4. Alldredge v. AlldredgeNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1915
  5. State ex rel. Martinez v. HollomanNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1918

3Cited by10 opinions

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  3. Davidson v. EnfieldNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1931
  4. In Re Hickok's WillNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1956
  5. McCann v. McCannNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1942

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