Case Name: Blevins McKENZIE, The Arch Hurley Conservancy District, a Corporation, Charles E. Bowen, and Murph Eager, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF QUAY COUNTY, New Mexico, Defendant-Appellee
Court: Supreme Court of New Mexico
Jurisdiction: New Mexico
Decision Date: 1955-08-08
Citations: 59 N.M. 481
Docket Number: No. 5988
Parties: Blevins McKENZIE, The Arch Hurley Conservancy District, a Corporation, Charles E. Bowen, and Murph Eager, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF QUAY COUNTY, New Mexico, Defendant-Appellee.
Judges: COMPTON, C. J., and LUJAN, SADLER, -McGHEE and KIKER, JJ., concur.
Reporter: New Mexico Reports
Volume: 59
Pages: 481–482

Head Matter:
286 P.2d 596
Blevins McKENZIE, The Arch Hurley Conservancy District, a Corporation, Charles E. Bowen, and Murph Eager, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF QUAY COUNTY, New Mexico, Defendant-Appellee.
No. 5988.
Supreme Court of New Mexico.
Aug. 8, 1955.
Briscoe & Hart, Tucumcari, for appellants.
Victor C. Breen, Tucumcari, for appellee.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
The question presented on appeal is whether conservancy districts as contemplated by Chapter 281, Laws 1955, for the purpose of election of a Board of Directors, shall be divided into five or six election precincts.
Considering the act as a whole, we are of the opinion that it was the true intent of the legislature that such conservancy districts be governed by a board consisting of five members and that the word "three" was intended to be used instead of the wiord "four" appearing in section 2 of said act. Compare Janney v. Fullroe, Inc., 47 N.M. 423, 144 P.2d 145; Asplund v. Alarid, 29 N.M. 129, 219 P. 786; Town of Clayton v. Colorado & S. Ry. Co., 10 Cir., 51 F.2d 977, 82 A.L.R. 417.
Accordingly, the judgment will be affirmed, and it is so ordered.
COMPTON, C. J., and LUJAN, SADLER, -McGHEE and KIKER, JJ., concur.