Legal Opinion
Westland Development Co. v. Saavedra
New Mexico Supreme Court
Decided September 22, 1969No. 8592PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
NOBLE, Chief Justice.
The King of Spain made a community land grant to the inhabitants and settlers within the boundaries of the Atrisco Grant. After the treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, the Congress of the United States recognized the validity of the grant by the former .sovereign and issued its patent to the Town of Atrisco. N.M.Laws 1891, ch. 86 and N.M.Laws 1897, ch. 54, were enacted t<? provide for the management, control and disposition of the common lands of the grant. They provided that the “owners and proprietors” of the grant could elect to form themselves into a “body corporate…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Boyd's Lessee v. GravesSupreme Court of the United States · 1819
- Greenwood v. Freight Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1882
- Gutierrez v. Middle Rio Grande Conservancy Dist.New Mexico Supreme Court · 1929
- In Re Proposed Middle Rio Grande Conservancy Dist.New Mexico Supreme Court · 1925
- Richardson Ford Sales v. CumminsNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1964
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3Cited by24 opinions
- State Ex Rel. Newsome v. AlaridNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1977
- Howell Ex Rel. Howell v. BurkNew Mexico Court of Appeals · 1977
- Trujillo v. RomeroNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1971
- Thompson Drilling, Inc. v. RomigNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1987
- Keller v. City of AlbuquerqueNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1973
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