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WEBB v. VILLAGE OF RUIDOSO DOWNS

No. 14354.

871 P.2d 17 (1994)

117 N.M. 253

Wilma WEBB, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. VILLAGE OF RUIDOSO DOWNS, a New Mexico Municipality, Defendant-Appellant.

Court of Appeals of New Mexico.

Certiorari Denied March 18, 1994.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gary C. Mitchell, Gary C. Mitchell, P.C., Ruidoso, for plaintiff-appellee.

J. Robert Beauvais, J. Robert Beauvais, P.A., Ruidoso, for defendant-appellant.

OPINION

HARTZ, Judge.

The disposition of this appeal turns on whether the New Mexico statute authorizing municipalities to enact ordinances establishing merit systems, NMSA 1978, Section 3-13-4 (Repl.1985), permits such ordinances to apply to municipal officers. We hold that it does not and therefore reverse.

Wilma Webb was appointed clerk-treasurer of the Village of Ruidoso Downs in 1982 by Mayor J.C. Day. In 1986 Mayor J.C. Harris appointed...

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