Legal Opinion
State Ex Rel. Mechem v. Hannah
New Mexico Supreme Court
Decided August 8, 1957No. 6239PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
McGHEE, Justice.
The relator as Governor of New Mexico •seeks a peremptory writ of mandamus to •compel the respondents as State Auditor •and Treasurer respectively to make available to the State Board of Finance $200,000 •appropriated in section 1 of chapter 22 of the Session Laws of 1957, and approved Feb. 25, 1957. They had refused to make ■the money available following an opinion by -the Attorney General that the law was ■probably unconstitutional.
The purpose of the appropriation was to ■pay in part the state’s share of emergency "hay and roughage certificates issued to livestock owners as…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Village of Deming v. Hosdreg CompanyNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1956
- State v. Nelson CountyNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 1890
- Hutcheson v. AthertonNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1940
- William Deering & Co. v. PetersonSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1898
- State ex rel. Cryderman v. WienrichMontana Supreme Court · 1918
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3Cited by14 opinions
- Hillman v. StultsCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1968
- State Ex Rel. City of Albuquerque v. LavenderNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1961
- State Highway Commission v. Southern Union Gas Co.New Mexico Supreme Court · 1958
- State Ex Rel. Office of the State Engineer v. LewisNew Mexico Court of Appeals · 2006
- Chronis v. State Ex Rel. RodriguezNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1983
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