State Supreme Court / N.M.

State Ex Rel. Bliss v. Dority

Decided December 22, 1950. Charles Rufus Brice wrote the opinion for the court.

225 P.2d 1007 · Cited 58 times

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Maricopa County Municipal Water Conservation District Number One v. Southwest Cotton Co. · 4 P.2d 369
Yeo v. Tweedy · 286 P. 970
Howard v. Perrin · 200 U.S. 71
Sproles v. Binford · 286 U.S. 374
United States v. Rio Grande Dam & Irrigation Co. · 174 U.S. 690
Mutual Film Corp. v. Industrial Commission of Ohio · 236 U.S. 230
Katz v. Walkinshaw · 70 P. 663
Rainey v. Michel · 6 Cal. 2d 259
City of Pasadena v. City of Alhambra · 33 Cal. 2d 908
State v. Northwest Poultry & Egg Co. · 281 N.W. 753
Hillside Water Co. v. City of Los Angeles · 10 Cal. 2d 677
Baca v. Chavez · 252 P. 987
People v. Milk Producers Assn. · 212 P. 957
Pecos Valley Artesian Conservancy Dist. v. Peters · 173 P.2d 490
El Paso & R. I. Ry. Co. v. District Court of Fifth Judicial District · 8 P.2d 1064
Hinton v. Little · 296 P. 582
In Re Lewis' Will · 71 P.2d 1032
Riordan v. Westwood · 203 P.2d 922
Smith v. McDonald · 42 Cal. 484
Orchard v. Cecil F. White Ranches, Inc. · 97 Cal. App. 2d 35

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