Legal Opinion
El Paso & R. I. Ry. Co. v. District Court of Fifth Judicial District
New Mexico Supreme Court
Decided November 30, 1931No. 3662PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtWatson, J.
This is an original proceeding in prohibition. Our alternative writ has stayed further proceedings in a certain cause pending in the district court of Chaves county. The matter is now before us upon demurrer to the petition.
The' suit thus interrupted was commenced by Southeastern New Mexico Water Protective Association, alleged to he, for purposes of the suit, representative of all persons owning water rights by appropriation from the Roswell artesian basin, situated in Chaves and Eddy counties; the city of Roswell, a municipal corporation, deriving its Water supply from said source; and…
2Cases cited17 opinions
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- Snow v. AbalosNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1914
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3Cited by15 opinions
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