If the court, or presiding judge thereof, after hearing any and all competent evidence that may be offered for and against the said petition, shall find that same has not been signed as herein required, the said petition shall be dismissed at the cost of the petitioners, and judgment shall be entered against said petitioners for the amount of said costs.
§ 73-6-16 NMSA 1978
[Petition; insufficient signatures.]
Laws 1912, ch. 84, § 16; Code 1915, § 1892; C.S. 1929, § 40-116; 1941 Comp., § 77-1816; 1953 Comp., § 75-19-16.
Official source: NMOneSource (New Mexico Compilation Commission). Reproduced from public-domain New Mexico statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.