State Ex Rel. State Highway Department v. Davis

OPINION

MONTOYA, Justice.

This action began in the District Court of Bernalillo County when the petitioner, State of New Mexico through its Highway Department (State), filed three suits under the special alternative procedure provided by § 22-9-39 et seq., N.M.S.A., 1953 Comp. (1973 Pocket Supp.), to condemn property for highway purposes in the area immediately west of the Rio Grande. The three suits were consolidated and handled as one case. After trial, the court found that the property here in issue, being claimed by both appellant • Westland Development Co., Inc., and appellees, Benjamin…