COLDWATER CATTLE CO. v. PORTALES VALLEY PROJECT, INC.

No. 8025.

428 P.2d 15 (1967)

78 N.M. 41

COLDWATER CATTLE COMPANY, a corporation, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. PORTALES VALLEY PROJECT, INC., Defendant-Appellant.

Supreme Court of New Mexico.

Rehearing Denied June 6, 1967.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sanders & Bruin, B.R. Baldock, Roswell, for appellant.

Neal & Matkins, Stephen L. ReVeal, Carlsbad, F.L. Heidel, Lovington, amicus curiae.

Dan B. Buzzard, Smith, Smith & Tharp, Clovis, for appellees.


OPINION

SPIESS, Judge, Court of Appeals.

Appellees, Coldwater Cattle Company, together with a number of other parties similarly situate brought this action to enjoin appellant, Portales Valley Project, Inc., from prosecuting 197 applications before the State Engineer for partial change of point of diversion and to supplement certain existing water rights and, further, to quiet the title to appellees' lands against appellant.

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