In re Dexter-Greenfield Drainage Dist.’s Empirical Analysis

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2 federal appellate · 25 state decisions

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1. ““The drainage law of New Mexico provides for a judicial proceeding from start to finish. It provides generally for filing in the district court a petition, and sets forth what the petition shall contain, the requisite number of signers, and the number of acres which must be represented. It provides for a judicial hearing after due and proper notice, upon the question of the sufficiency of the petition, the constitutionality of the law, and the jurisdiction of the court, and if the petition is found sufficient the court appoints three commissioners to make a preliminary investigation and report, and upon this report the court declares the district established, and orders the commissioners to cause a survey to be made to establish assessments to. meet the cost of construction and make a report thereon, and upon the filing of this report, and the giving of notice as provided by the statute, the court considers the report of the commissioners as provided by the act, and particularly the question as to whether the benefits exceed the cost, and, after disposing of any remonstrances that may be filed, makes its order in the form of an ordinary decree, confirming or rejecting the report.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Strickland v. Elliott