Legal Opinion

Little v. Price

New Mexico Supreme Court

Decided December 7, 1964No. 7382PublishedCited by 12 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

CHAVEZ, Justice.

This is an appeal from a judgment awarding damages caused by flood waters and ordering the removal of certain artificial earthen diversion and detention dikes constructed by plaintiff Little and the defendant.

On April 27, 1959, plaintiffs, Jesse E. Little, Robert G. Tellez and Gustavo Herrera, filed an amended complaint against defendant Paul Price, alleging that defendant was the owner of certain land in Dona Ana County upon which defendant, between January 1, 1947, and December 31, 1956, constructed certain artificial dirt structures, sometimes called dikes, so as to divert…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Wiggs v. City of AlbuquerqueNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1953
  2. Rix v. Town of AlamogordoNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1938
  3. Sharpe v. SmithNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1961
  4. Shephard v. Graham Bell Aviation Service, Inc.New Mexico Supreme Court · 1952
  5. State Ex Rel. McFann v. HatelyNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1929

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3Cited by12 opinions

  1. Budagher v. Amrep Corp.New Mexico Supreme Court · 1981
  2. Walker v. L.G. Everist, Inc.New Mexico Court of Appeals · 1985
  3. Gutierrez v. Rio Rancho Estates, Inc.New Mexico Supreme Court · 1980
  4. Thomas v. PigmanNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1967
  5. Groff v. Circle K. CorporationNew Mexico Court of Appeals · 1974

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