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EL PASO ELEC. CO. v. REAL ESTATE MART

Nos. 11869, 11992 and 12003.

592 P.2d 181 (1979)

92 N.M. 581

EL PASO ELECTRIC COMPANY, a Texas Corporation, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. REAL ESTATE MART, INC., et al., Defendants-Appellants. EL PASO ELECTRIC COMPANY, a Texas Corporation, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Stewart M. PINKERTON et ux., et al., Defendants-Appellants. EL PASO ELECTRIC COMPANY, a Texas Corporation, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Stewart M. PINKERTON et ux., et al., Defendants-Appellees.

Supreme Court of New Mexico.

March 12, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Modrall, Sperling, Roehl, Harris & Sisk, George T. Harris, Jr., Alan K. Konrad, Albuquerque, for Real Estate Mart, et al., appellants.

I.M. Smalley, Deming, Martin, Martin & Lutz, James T. Martin, Jr., Stephen A. Hubert, Las Cruces, for El Paso Elec. Co., et al., appellees and appellants.

Bivins, Weinbrenner & Regan, Neil E. Weinbrenner, Las Cruces, Sizemore & Harris, El Paso, Tex., for Stewart M. Pinkerton, et ux., et al., appellants and appellees.

Leonard A. Helman, Public Service Commission, Santa Fe, for amicus curiae.

OPINION

SOSA, Chief Justice.

The main issues before the Court in this cause are: (1) Can a foreign public utility exercise the power of eminent domain in New Mexico, and (2) Can a public utility acquire, by eminent domain, two 100 foot easements parallel and adjacent to each other for the erection of electrical transmission lines. We hold that under § 53-17-2, N.M.S.A. 1978 (formerly § 51-30-2, N.M.S.A...

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