STATE EX REL. N.M. WATER QUAL. C. v. CITY OF HOBBS

No. 9869.

525 P.2d 371 (1974)

86 N.M. 444

STATE of New Mexico ex rel. NEW MEXICO WATER QUALITY CONTROL COMMISSION, Through its constituent agency, New Mexico Environmental Improvement Agency, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. CITY OF HOBBS, a municipal corporation, Defendant-Appellant.

Supreme Court of New Mexico.

August 9, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

L. George Schubert, Hobbs, for defendant-appellant.

David L. Norvell, Atty. Gen., Douglas W. Fraser, Agency Asst. Atty. Gen., Santa Fe, for plaintiff-appellee.


OPINION

STEPHENSON, Justice.

This is an appeal from a judgment ordering the City of Hobbs to extend water lines and provide free hookups to residences, both in and outside of the city limits, of Hobbs, New Mexico. The action was brought by the New Mexico Water Quality Control Commission, a body created under the New Mexico Water Quality Act (§ 75-39-1 et seq., N.M.S.A. 1953).

In its complaint, the Commission...

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