City of Hobbs v. State Ex Rel. Reynolds

OPINION

SISK, Justice.

On April 20, 1967, the City of Roswell and Mescalero Water Corporation entered into a written contract pertaining to applications which had been filed with the State Engineer to appropriate underground water, which applications were assigned by the original applicant to the City of Roswell on May 20, 1967. Under the contract, Mescalero was to obtain the necessary permits on behalf of and for the benefit of Roswell and, dependent upon the occurrence of various conditions, Roswell agreed to make payments to Mescalero.

Plaintiffs protested the applications, and subsequently…