The several courts of this state exercising chancery jurisdiction shall under the practice of courts of chancery entertain bills of complaint filed by any such board of trustees to prevent trespasses upon the common lands and common waters of any such grant, if it shall appear that the complainants are without a plain, speedy and adequate remedy at law, or that the persons committing such trespass are insolvent or unable to respond in damages to such corporation for the injury alleged.
History: Laws 1917, ch. 3, § 15; C.S. 1929, § 29-215; 1941 Comp., § 9-215; 1953 Comp., § 8-2-15.
ANNOTATIONSBracketed material. — The bracketed material was inserted by the compiler and is not part of the law.
Cross references. — For trespass on common lands, injunction by community land grants generally, see 49-1-16 NMSA 1978.
For community springs, see 72-10-1 to 72-10-3 NMSA 1978.
For public reservoirs, see 72-10-4 to 72-10-10 NMSA 1978.
Law reviews. — For article, "Water Rights Problems in the Upper Rio Grande Watershed and Adjoining Areas," see 11 Nat. Resources J. 48 (1971).