New Mexico Statutes
Article 12 - Herd Law Districts
Section 77-12-1 - ["Person" defined.]

Whenever the word "person" is used in this act [77-12-1 to 77-12-12 NMSA 1978], it shall include persons, firms and corporations.
History: Laws 1923, ch. 68, § 1; C.S. 1929, § 4-401; 1941 Comp., § 49-1301; 1953 Comp., § 47-13-1.
Bracketed material. — The bracketed material was inserted by the compiler and is not part of the law.
Compiler's notes. — Laws 1909, ch. 94, provided for the establishment of a herd law in Quay and Roosevelt counties and part of Guadalupe county. By Laws 1909, ch. 138, the former act was made applicable to Curry county.
Herd laws unaffected. — Laws 1909, ch. 94, providing for a herd law in certain counties, was not repealed by the repealing clause of the 1915 Code. Scarbrough v. Wooten, 1918-NMSC-019, 23 N.M. 616, 170 P. 743.
Laws 1909, ch. 138, extended the special legislation in ch. 94 to the newly created Curry county, and was not repealed by the general repealing clause of the 1915 Code. 1917 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 17-1912.
Herd district laws constitute encroachment on unrestricted right of owner to let his stock run at large. Grubb v. Wolfe, 1965-NMSC-153, 75 N.M. 601, 408 P.2d 756.
Am. Jur. 2d, A.L.R. and C.J.S. references. — 4 Am. Jur. 2d Animals § 69 et seq.
3A C.J.S. Animals §§ 139 et seq., 238 et seq.

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