STATE v. MECHEM

No. 5593.

250 P.2d 897 (1952)

56 N.M. 762

STATE ex rel. SHEPARD v. MECHEM et al.

Supreme Court of New Mexico.

December 12, 1952.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George Graham, C.C. McCulloh and W.R. Kegel, Santa Fe, for relator.

Joe L. Martinez, Atty. Gen., James B. Cooney and Frank B. Zinn, Asst. Attys. Gen., for respondents.


McGHEE, Justice.

This is an action in mandamus instituted on the relation of the Commissioner of Public Lands, who is charged by law with the care and administration of the public lands of New Mexico, to prevent alleged illegal diversions of trust funds produced by lands granted by the Congress of the United States for specific purposes, and to compel the restoration of such moneys to the proper funds.

Chapter 181, Laws of 1951, provided that not to exceed...

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