Legal Opinion
State Ex Rel. State Highway Department v. Yurcic
New Mexico Supreme Court
Decided June 22, 1973No. 9537PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
STEPHENSON, Justice.
The State of New Mexico, through the State Highway Department (“the Department”) brought this eminent domain proceeding in the District Court of McKinley County against the owners of a number of tracts of land, including Mr. and Mrs. Joe Yurcic. The trial court dismissed the Yurcics’ claim for damages, although they were granted judgment for certain attorney’s fees. The Yurcics have appealed. The Department has not cross-appealed.
It appears that as early as 1964 the Department had evinced an intention, or at least a plan, to condemn the tracts of land with which we…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Times-Mirror Co. v. Superior CourtCalifornia Supreme Court · 1935
- Reynolds v. Ruidoso Racing Association, Inc.New Mexico Supreme Court · 1961
- Gregg v. GardnerNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1963
- Westerman v. City of CarlsbadNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1951
- McGee v. City of Los AngelesCalifornia Supreme Court · 1936
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3Cited by19 opinions
- Rainaldi v. Public Employees Retirement BoardNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1993
- Campos De Suenos, Ltd. v. County of BernalilloNew Mexico Court of Appeals · 2001
- Stuckey's Stores, Inc. v. O'CheskeyNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1979
- Trujillo v. GonzalesNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1987
- Lopez v. StateNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1996
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