New Mexico Statutes
Article 6 - Drainage Districts; Formation
Section 73-6-11 - [Hearing; objections.]

On the day fixed for hearing on such petition all parties owning lands, or any interests or easements in land, within said proposed district, or who would be affected thereby, may appear and contest:
A. the sufficiency of the petition;
B. the sufficiency of the signers of the petition;
C. the sufficiency of the notice;
D. the constitutionality of the law; and
E. the jurisdiction of the court, specifying their objections to such jurisdiction; and the petitioners and contestants may, on the trial day offer any competent evidence in regard thereto. All notices of contest shall be in writing and shall clearly specify the grounds of contest.
History: Laws 1912, ch. 84, § 11; Code 1915, § 1887; C.S. 1929, § 40-111; 1941 Comp., § 77-1811; 1953 Comp., § 75-19-11.
Bracketed material. — The bracketed material was inserted by the compiler and is not part of the law.
Am. Jur. 2d, A.L.R. and C.J.S. references. — 25 Am. Jur. 2d Drains and Drainage Districts § 46.
28 C.J.S. Drains § 24.

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