EL DORADO UTIL. v. GALISTEO WATER USERS

No. 15551.

899 P.2d 608 (1995)

120 N.M. 165

EL DORADO UTILITIES, INC., and Eldorado at Santa Fe, Inc., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. GALISTEO DOMESTIC WATER USERS ASSOCIATION, et al., Defendants-Appellees, and New Mexico State Engineer, Eluid L. Martinez, Defendant-Appellee.

Court of Appeals of New Mexico.

May 11, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Peter B. Shoenfeld, Peter B. Shoenfeld, P.A., Santa Fe, for plaintiffs-appellants.

Eric Ames, Burnett Law Firm, Santa Fe, for defendants-appellees Galisteo Domestic Water Users Ass'n, et al.

Tom Udall, Atty. Gen., David L. Sanders, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Santa Fe, for defendant-appellee Eluid L. Martinez.


OPINION

HARTZ, Judge.

After an adverse decision in a proceeding before the state engineer, Appellants filed an appeal in Santa Fe County District Court. The district court dismissed the appeal on the ground that it lacked jurisdiction because of Appellants' failure to serve the notice of appeal on the attorney general within the required time. Appellants appeal the dismissal. We reverse.

Although time limitations for filing a notice of appeal...

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