Legal Opinion
Hooker v. Village of Hatch
New Mexico Supreme Court
Decided September 4, 1959No. 6546PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
McGHEE, Justice.
The Village of Hatch desires to furnish natural gas to its citizens under the authority of § 14-39-32, N.M.S.A. 1953, and in order to do so it will be necessary to lay a pipeline from a point near Las Cruces northerly to the village, and also to install a distribution system within its borders.
It would not be economically feasible to install the lines and operate a distribution system unless it can also deliver gas to the water users to power their irrigation pumps between a point five miles north of Las Cruces and Hatch, and also some ten to twenty miles north. The water…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- People Ex Rel. Rogers v. LetfordSupreme Court of Colorado · 1938
- Davy v. McNeillNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1925
- Dougherty v. VidalNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1933
- Interstate Trust Co. v. Montezuma Valley Irrigation DistrictSupreme Court of Colorado · 1919
- Vigil v. Penitentiary of New MexicoNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1948
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3Cited by3 opinions
- Tompkins Ex Rel. Newby v. Carlsbad Irrigation DistrictNew Mexico Court of Appeals · 1981
- City of Las Cruces v. Rio Grande Gas CompanyNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1967
- Qwest Corp. v. Elephant Butte Irrigation DistrictDistrict Court, D. New Mexico · 2008