Webb v. Village of Ruidoso Downs

871 P.2d 17 (1994)

117 N.M. 253

Wilma WEBB, Plaintiff-Appellee,

v.

VILLAGE OF RUIDOSO DOWNS, a New Mexico Municipality, Defendant-Appellant.

No. 14354.

Court of Appeals of New Mexico.

February 7, 1994.

Certiorari Denied March 18, 1994.

Gary C. Mitchell, Gary C. Mitchell, P.C., Ruidoso, for plaintiff-appellee.

J. Robert Beauvais, J. Robert Beauvais, P.A., Ruidoso, for defendant-appellant.

OPINION

HARTZ, Judge.

The disposition of this appeal turns on whether the New Mexico statute authorizing municipalities to enact ordinances establishing merit systems, NMSA 1978, Section 3-13-4 (Repl.1985), permits such…