BENSON v. WILLIAMS

No. 5452.

246 P.2d 1046 (1952)

56 N.M. 560

BENSON v. WILLIAMS, MAYOR, et al.

Supreme Court of New Mexico.

July 30, 1952.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Douglass K. FitzHugh, Truth or Consequences, for appellant.

W.C. Whatley, W.B. Darden, LaFel E. Oman, Las Cruces, for appellees.


SADLER, Justice.

We are asked to determine whether in authorizing a city or town to effect a change in its name by a favorable vote of the qualified electors therein at the next "general election" following appropriate action by its governing body, or at a special election called for that purpose, as provided by 1941 Comp. § 14-701, L. 1897, c. 40, § 1, the legislature contemplated by the term "general election" the biennial election for choosing state and...

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