EL PASO ELECTRIC COMPANY v. LANDERS

No. 9058.

479 P.2d 769 (1970)

82 N.M. 265

EL PASO ELECTRIC COMPANY, a Corporation, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Mitchell LANDERS and Merle Landers, his wife, Earl Stull and Bessie C. Stull, his wife, and William A. Hall and Martha E. Hall, his wife, Defendants-Appellees.

Supreme Court of New Mexico.

Rehearing Denied January 25, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J.D. Weir, R.R. Regan, Las Cruces, for appellant.

Garland, Martin & Martin, Neil E. Weinbrenner, Las Cruces, for appellees.


OPINION

COMPTON, Chief Justice.

This is a condemnation action brought by El Paso Electric Company, a public utility, to acquire a right of way and easement, 100 feet wide, over the lands of the appellees, Landers, Stulls and Halls, for the construction and maintenance of an overhead 345,000 volt electric transmission line in Dona Ana County, New Mexico. There have been two jury trials; following the first trial...

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