Legal Opinion
Stahmann v. Elephant Butte Irrigation District
New Mexico Supreme Court
Decided March 6, 1956No. 6028PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SADLER, Justice.
The plaintiffs as appellants here complain of a judgment of the district court of Dona Ana County in consolidated suits of a declaratory nature against Elephant Butte Irrigation District in which the court denied the right of each plaintiff to the refund of certain amounts paid for so called excess waters for the irrigation of their lands for the years 1948 and 1949. The parties will be designated in the opinion as they were in the court below.
The defendant, Elephant Butte Irrigation District, is duly incorporated under the laws of the state of New Mexico and was formed for…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Crawford v. Imperial Irrigation DistrictCalifornia Supreme Court · 1927
- Wiggs v. City of AlbuquerqueNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1953
- Oliver v. Bd. of Trsts. of Town of AlamogordoNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1931
- Wores v. Imperial Irrigation DistrictCalifornia Supreme Court · 1924
- Nohl v. Board of EducationNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1921
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3Cited by2 opinions
- Hooker v. Village of HatchNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1959
- Qwest Corp. v. Elephant Butte Irrigation DistrictDistrict Court, D. New Mexico · 2008