State Ex Rel. Stratton v. Alto Land & Cattle Co.

OPINION

MINZNER, Judge.

Defendants Alto Land and Cattle Company (Alto) and James Wimberly (Wimberly) appeal the trial court’s orders allowing the attorney general to file a complaint in intervention and, on the basis of that complaint, requiring them to comply with the provisions of the New Mexico Subdivision Act (Act). 1 We conclude there was substantial evidence to support the court’s determination that both defendants engaged in conduct in violation of the Act. We also conclude that the attorney general was authorized to seek injunctive relief to compel compliance. However, in addressing the…