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When any person, firm or corporation shall be lawfully and peaceably in possession of any mining claim in this state and shall have complied with all the requirements of law and regulations in force in the district in which said mining claim is situated, such persons, firm or corporation shall be deemed to be the rightful possessor of such mining claim and of the land included therein; and any person or the officer, agent or employee of any corporation who shall by force, intimidation, fraud or stealth, or in the temporary absence of the rightful possessor, enter upon such mining claim with intent to hold the same, or any part thereof, against the rightful possessor shall be considered a trespasser, and the judge of the district court for the district in which such claim is situated shall, upon the proper showing of such facts made by affidavit or by oral testimony upon a hearing ordered for that purpose, and upon the filing with the clerk of said district court of a good and sufficient bond, grant an order to show cause why a writ of injunction should not issue, enjoining and restraining such trespasser, his servants, agents and employees and any person associated with him, from in any manner interfering with the rightful possessor in the possession of such claim until the final disposition of such cause.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - New Mexico Statutes Chapter 69. Mines § 69-3-26. Trespass against person rightfully in possession - last updated January 01, 2024 | https://codes.findlaw.com/nm/chapter-69-mines/nm-st-sect-69-3-26/
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