Legal Opinion
Wiggs v. City of Albuquerque
New Mexico Supreme Court
Decided December 2, 1953No. 5661PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SEYMOUR, Justice.
Plaintiff seeks injunctive relief against the City of Alburquerque, its commissioners, manager and treasurer, to forbid the use of funds collected under Ordinance 784 for the purpose of paying for the electric current used in lighting approximately two and one-half miles of East Central Avenue, Alburquerque, New Mexico, a downtown area of the city, and a portion of the residential area.
The ordinance was adopted March 25, 1952, providing for a tax on gasoline and motor fuel sold and delivered in Albuquerque. Section 14-3901, 1941 Comp., enacted in 1931, provides for such a tax:
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