MATHERS v. TEXACO, INC.

No. 7921.

421 P.2d 771 (1966)

77 N.M. 239

W. E. MATHERS, A. D. Jones, on behalf of the Estate of A. D. Jones, Roy E. Nelson, Roy Epperson, Bill Roach, Nancy C. Epperson, T. E. Harris, J. D. Guye, Myrtle M. Moore, George W. Morris, Bill Bogle, on behalf of Bogle Farms, Walter W. Anderson, Lyman R. Graham, Norman Cross and John Moore, Protestants-Appellees, v. TEXACO, INC., Applicant-Appellant S. E. Reynolds, State Engineer of New Mexico, Respondent-Appellant.

Supreme Court of New Mexico.

Rehearing Denied January 4, 1967.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert W. Ward, Lovington, for appellees.

Hinkle, Bondurant & Christy, Paul W. Eaton, Jr., Roswell, W.N. Sands, Johnston S. Rowe, Midland, Tex., for applicant-appellant.

Boston E. Witt, Atty. Gen., F. Harlan Flint, Special Asst. Atty. Gen., for respondent-appellant.


OPINION

LaFEL E. OMAN, Judge, Court of Appeals.

The applicant-appellant, Texaco, Inc., hereinafter referred to as Texaco, filed applications with the State Engineer for permits to appropriate 700-acre feet of water per year from the Lea County Underground Water Basin. Upon the hearing of the applications and the protests thereto, the respondent-appellant, the State Engineer, hereinafter referred to as the State Engineer, made and entered findings and an...

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