PECOS RIVER OPEN SPACES v. SAN MIGUEL

Docket No. 30,865.

495 P.3d 1129 (2013)

2013-NMCA-029

PECOS RIVER OPEN SPACES, INC., a New Mexico non-profit corporation, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. COUNTY OF SAN MIGUEL and San Miguel County Assessor, Defendants-Appellants.

Court of Appeals of New Mexico.

Filing Date: January 11, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rothstein, Donatelli, Hughes, Dahlstrom, Schoenburg & Bienvenu, LLP, Richard W. Hughes , Santa Fe, NM, for Appellee.

Jesus L. Lopez , San Miguel County Attorney, Las Vegas, NM, for Appellants.


OPINION

{1} This case presents us with an issue of first impression as to whether, as a matter of law, conservation of property can constitute a charitable use, thereby exempting the land from property taxes under Article VIII, Section 3 of the New Mexico Constitution. We conclude that conservation is a charitable...

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