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Full-Text Articles in Oil, Gas, and Mineral Law
Oil And Gas--Construction Of "Forfeiture Clause" In Unless Lease--Necessity Of Notice For Termination Of Lease
West Virginia Law Review
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Eminent Domain-Validity Of State Statute
Eminent Domain-Validity Of State Statute
Michigan Law Review
As upon certiorari, the New Mexico Supreme Court considered the question, whether it is "within legislative competence to declare a public use in the industry of coal mining, so as to permit taking private property in aid of it." Plaintiff had obtained a judgment of condemnation, and defendant attacked it as offensive to the New Mexico constitutional provision: "Private property shall not be taken or damaged for public use without just compensation." The opinion recognized the existence of an "orthodox" and a "liberal" doctrine of construing "public use." While the court found that, unlike Nevada's or Utah's, New Mexico's well-being …