Panel Affirms Court Ruling That Landowner Lacks Water Rights Based On Statute

Mealey's (August 26, 2019, 11:46 AM EDT) -- SANTA FE, N.M. — The New Mexico Court of Appeals on Aug. 13 affirmed a lower court’s decision that a landowner had no water right claim and had only rights to livestock watering, based on a state statute that governs the partial forfeiture of water rights (New Mexico ex rel. Office of the State Engineer v. Toby Romero, No. A-1-CA-36619, 2019 N.M. App. LEXIS 106)....

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