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Turley v. State

Citations

  • 633 P.2d 687
  • 96 N.M. 579

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • holding that the use of an agent was permissible under a statute because the statute did not state or imply that the use of an agent was prohibited
  • holding that a statute exempting a landowner from an excavation permit requirement must be interpreted to permit the landowner to use an employee or agent to accomplish the task
  • “It is an elementary principle of law that a person may do anything through an agent that he may lawfully do personally, unless public policy or some agreement requires personal performance.”

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Judges: Easley, Sosa, Payne, Federici, Riordan

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