Cartwright v. Public Service Company of New Mexico

First, it is the opinion of this writer that this is not a proper case in which to determine the applicability of the doctrine of Pueblo Water Rights in the State of New Mexico. This is so for the simple reason that the intervenor Town of Las Vegas does not in this action affirmatively assert such rights, or title to the waters, in itself, and it is the only possible party that could attempt to do so. True, the answers of intervenor and defendant Public Service Company make the bald declaration that the Public Service Company through its franchise and pertinent ordinances “is the…