Stout v. City of Clovis

The following questions are presented on this appeal:(1) Have the Constitution and laws of New Mexico created the office of “police magistrate?”(2) May a city operating under the commission manager plan (chapter 21, Laws 1921, 'Comp. 1929, §§ 90-3901 to 90-3927) by ordinance create-the office of police magistrate, provide for the election thereof,. and confer jurisdiction thereon to decide cases involving violations of city ordinances?

The appellant, city of Clovis, in 1909 adopted its ordinance No. 7, “prescribing the qualification and duties and defining the power and authority of police…