State ex rel. New Mexico Property Appraisal Department v. Nash

OPINION

In this matter, we have decided to make the alternative writ of prohibition permanent. The writ is directed to both respondents and its effect is to prevent the Honorable Kermit E. Nash, Judge of the Fifth Judicial District, Lea County, New Mexico, and Frank C. Smith, the County Assessor, from further proceeding in cause No. 30,322, filed in Lea County against the Director of the Property Appraisal Department and to void the order previously entered in the cause. By ch. 31, Laws 1970, the State Tax Commission became the Property Appraisal Department.. .

The facts are as follows:…