State v. Towndrow

Citations

• 25 N.M. 203
• 180 P. 282

Syllabus

<p>SYLLABUS BY THE COURT.</p> <p>Section 15 of article 6 of the Constitution, provides: “Whenever the public business may require, the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court shall designate any district judge of the state to hold court in any district, and two or more district judges may sit in any district or county separately at the same time.” Under this provision of the Constitution, where the Chief Justice of this court has designated a district judge other than the regular presiding judge of any given district to preside over the trial of any given cause,, his jurisdiction of said cause is exclusive, and continues until the cause is disposed of or until his designation is rescinded.</p>