Legal Opinion
La Madera Community Ditch Ass'n v. Sandia Peak Ski Co.
New Mexico Court of Appeals
Decided March 7, 1995No. 15435PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
FLORES, Judge.
La Madera Community Ditch Association and two of its watershed system water users (collectively, La Madera) appeal from the district court’s order dismissing their case. The sole issue on appeal is whether La Madera was required to seek a full stream adjudication before the district court could consider its trespass claim and thus, whether the district court erred in dismissing La Madera’s petition for trespass for failure to join all other water users in the stream system as indispensable parties. We reverse.
BACKGROUND
On June 30, 1992, La Madera filed an amended petition…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- City of Albuquerque v. ReynoldsNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1962
- State ex rel. Reynolds v. W. S. Ranch Co.New Mexico Supreme Court · 1961
- Chavez v. GutierrezNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1950
- State v. Village of Jemez Springs, Inc.New Mexico Court of Appeals · 1992
- Sanford v. StollNew Mexico Court of Appeals · 1974
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3Cited by3 opinions
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