STATE v. DORITY

No. 5296.

225 P.2d 1007 (1950)

55 N.M. 12

STATE ex rel. BLISS v. DORITY et al.

Supreme Court of New Mexico.

December 22, 1950.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Caswell S. Neal, Carlsbad, for appellants.

Joseph O. Walton, Special Asst. Atty. Gen., Atwood, Malone & Campbell, Roswell, for appellee.


BRICE, Chief Justice.

The State of New Mexico, upon relation of its State Engineer John H. Bliss, brought separate suits against Bert Troy Dority, Loman Wiley and S.A. Lanning, Jr., the purpose of which was to enjoin the respective defendants from unlawfully using for irrigating lands, waters drawn from what is known as the Roswell Artesian Basin, and the valley fill above it, which plaintiff asserts under Ch. 131, N.M.L. 1931, 1941 Comp. § 77-1101 et seq., are...

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