In all suits or proceedings by or against a county, the name in which the county shall sue or be sued shall be the board of county commissioners of the county of . . . . . . . . . ., but this provision shall not prohibit county officers, when authorized by law, from […]
In all legal proceedings against the county, process shall be served on the county clerk, and whenever such suit or proceeding shall be commenced it shall be the duty of the clerk forthwith to notify the district attorney of the judicial district in which the county so sued is situate, and to lay before the […]
On the trial of any suit in which a county may be interested, the inhabitants of such county shall be competent witnesses and jurors, if otherwise competent and qualified according to law. History: Laws 1876, ch. 1, § 6; C.L. 1884, § 337; C.L. 1897, § 656; Code 1915, § 1154; C.S. 1929, § 33-3703; […]
ANNOTATIONS Repeals. — Laws 1981, ch. 37, § 95, repealed 4-46-4 NMSA 1978, relating to judgments rendered against board of county commissioners or county officers and the payment thereof, effective July 1, 1981.
