Las Cruces Urban Renewal Agency v. El Paso Electric Co.

OPINION

STEPHENSON, Justice.

This is a declaratory judgment action brought by appellee Las Cruces Urban Renewal Agency (“the Agency”), a public body corporate and politic, in which the City of Las Cruces (“the City”) joined as an involuntary plaintiff, against the appellant utility corporations, El Paso Electric Company (“the Company”) and Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company (“Mountain Bell”) in the District Court of Dona Ana County. The action sought a declaration of the rights of the parties as to a liability for a portion of the costs associated with the removal from overhead and…