ETURRIAGA v. VALDEZ

No. 18081.

784 P.2d 24 (1989)

109 N.M. 205

Jose Damian ETURRIAGA and Jacobo "Jake" Salazar, Contestants-Appellants, v. Cecilia R. VALDEZ and Joe B. Romero, Contestees-Appellees.

Supreme Court of New Mexico.

December 19, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ida M. Lujan, Santa Fe, for contestants-appellants.

George M. Scarborough, Santa Fe, for contestees-appellees.


OPINION

RANSOM, Justice.

This is an appeal from the dismissal of an election contest brought by Jose Damian Eturriaga and Jacobo "Jake" Salazar (contestants) against Cecilia R. Valdez and Joe B. Romero (contestees) following a primary election in Rio Arriba County on June 8, 1988. We primarily address a conflict between the Election Code, NMSA 1978, Sections 1-1-1 to 1-22-19 (Repl.Pamp. 1985), and the Rules of Civil Procedure promulgated by this Court concerning...

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