Asplund v. City of Santa Fe

I can readily give my concurrence to the declaration of the CHIEF JUSTICE that subsections 68, 69 and 70, § 3564, Code 1915, affords power to cities and towns to grant franchises to individuals and incorporated companies to erect, maintain, and operate waterworks. I reach this conclusion because, in my opinion :(1) The language itself, independent of any extraneous, aids, bears that construction;

’(2) Contemporary construction of municipal officers and private utility corporations and legislative construction;(3) The construction of courts of New Mexico and other states having similar…