Legal Opinion
Martinez v. Cook
New Mexico Supreme Court
Decided April 2, 1952No. 5469PublishedCited by 29 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
McGHEE, Justice.
This is an action by property owners in the Town of Española for damages to- buildings and personal property caused by flood waters resulting from a heavy rain being, retained on their lots because of the filling in of a claimed natural drainway, the closing of a cut in an abandoned railroad embankment and the stopping up of a culvert across Onate Street which separated the area in which the defendants had their properties and the lands of the individual defendants.
Plaintiffs (appellants here) appeal from an order of the district court dismissing their complaint for failure to…
2Cases cited22 opinions
- Walker v. New Mexico & Southern Pacific RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1897
- Hester v. SawyersNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1937
- State Ex Rel. Bliss v. DorityNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1950
- State Ex Rel. State Game Commission v. Red River Valley Co.New Mexico Supreme Court · 1945
- Snow v. AbalosNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1914
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3Cited by29 opinions
- Flores v. FloresNew Mexico Court of Appeals · 1973
- First State Bank at Gallup v. ClarkNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1977
- Rivera v. Brazos Lodge Corp.New Mexico Supreme Court · 1991
- Budagher v. Amrep Corp.New Mexico Supreme Court · 1981
- Walker v. L.G. Everist, Inc.New Mexico Court of Appeals · 1985
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