State Ex Rel. Reynolds v. Allman

OPINION

MOISE, Justice.

In 1956, the State of New Mexico cm the relation of S. E. Reynolds, State Engineer, joined with Pecos Valley Artesian Conservancy District in bringing suit under the provisions of §§ 75 — 1-4 and 75-4-6, N.M. S.A.1953, to adjudicate the rights to water in the Roswell Artesian Basin. The action had numerous defendants and was numbered 20294 on the docket of the district court of Chaves County. It will be herein referred to as the Lewis case.

In 1958 the same plaintiffs brought another suit with similar purposes, in which Hagerman Canal Company, Inc. and others were…