New Mexico § 73-11-9 [Procedure; pleading; appeals.]

New Mexico Statutes

§ 73-11-9 — [Procedure; pleading; appeals.]

New Mexico § 73-11-9

Ch. 73Special Districts

Art. 11Irrigation Districts Cooperating with United States

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N.M. Stat. Ann. § 73-11-9 (2026).

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Any person interested in said district or in the issue or sale of said bonds, or in such other proceedings as may be in issue as herein provided, may demur to or answer said petition. The provisions of Chapter LXXXVIII respecting the demurrer and answer to a verified complaint shall be applicable to a demurrer and answer to said petition. The person so demurring and answering said petition shall be the defendant to the special proceedings and the board of directors shall be the plaintiff. Every material statement of the petition not specifically controverted by the answer shall, for the purpose of said special proceedings, be taken as true, and each person failing to answer the petition shall be deemed to admit as true all the material statements of the petition. The rules of pleading and 

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Any person interested in said district or in the issue or sale of said bonds, or in such other proceedings as may be in issue as herein provided, may demur to or answer said petition. The provisions of Chapter LXXXVIII respecting the demurrer and answer to a verified complaint shall be applicable to a demurrer and answer to said petition. The person so demurring and answering said petition shall be the defendant to the special proceedings and the board of directors shall be the plaintiff. Every material statement of the petition not specifically controverted by the answer shall, for the purpose of said special proceedings, be taken as true, and each person failing to answer the petition shall be deemed to admit as true all the material statements of the petition. The rules of pleading and practice relating to appeals and writs of error as provided by Chapter 43 Laws of 1917 which are not inconsistent with the provisions of this act are applicable to the special proceedings herein provided for; provided, appeals to the supreme court of the state involving the special proceedings herein mentioned shall be taken within twenty days, and shall be perfected within sixty days after the granting of any such appeal.