Court Opinion

ID: 9562525
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-21 18:30:50.386012+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T09:17:23.410221
License: Public Domain

WALTERS, Judge (specially concurring). I concur, and especially observe that one of plaintiff’s contentions below was that defendant’s “trespass” was not for a public use. Our Supreme Court has noted that, if that allegation of non-public acquisition proves to be true, a suit in inverse commendation will not lie. Brosseau v. New Mexico State Highway Dept., 92 N.M. 328, 587 P.2d 1339 (1978). Plaintiff should have the opportunity to prove the allegations of his complaint since, if recovery can be had on any provable state of facts, dismissal for failure to state a claim is not proper. Buhler v. Marrujo, 86 N.M. 399, 524 P.2d 1015 (Ct.App.1974). Moreover, for purposes of a motion to dismiss, the allegations of the complaint are admitted. Buhler, supra.