Legal Opinion
El Paso Electric Company v. Landers
New Mexico Supreme Court
Decided December 31, 1970No. 9058PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
COMPTON, Chief Justice.
This is a condemnation action brought by El Paso Electric Company, a public utility, to acquire a right of way and easement, 100 feet wide, over the lands of the appellees, Landers, Stulls and Halls, for the construction and maintenance of an overhead 345,000 volt electric transmission line in Dona Ana County, New Mexico. There have been two jury trials; following the first trial the court required remittiturs in the amounts awarded, and, upon nonacceptance by appellees, a new trial was ordered. Upon the second trial, the jury awarded Landers $1,820.00; Stulls,…
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- United States v. Regents of New Mexico School of MinesCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1950
- Embrey v. GalentinNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1966
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