STATE OF NEW MEXICO COUNTY OF CATRON
SEVENTH JUDICIAL
DISTRICT
STATE OF NEW MEXICO,
ex rel.,
NEW MEXICO
DEPARTMENT OF
TRANSPORTATION,

No. D-728-CV-2021-00031

Petitioner,

vs.

NUGENT BRASHER AND KAREN WHITESIDE BRASHER, HIS WIFE AS JOINT TENANTS

FIRST NEW MEXICO BANK OF SILVER CITY NAVOPACHE ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE, INC.,
CATRON BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS,

PROPERTY TAX DIVISION OF THE TAXATION AND REVENUE DEPARTMENT,

ALL UNKNOWN OWNERS OR CLAIMANTS OF THE PROPERTY INVOLVED,

Defendants.

FILED 7th JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT
Catron County 11/18/2021 1:05 PM RACHEL GONZALES CLERK OF THE COURT
/s/ Jerome Adam

NOTICE OF PRELIMINARY ORDER OF ENTRY AND NOTICE OF CONDEMNATION

TO: The above-named Defendants, and each of you:

You, and each of you, are hereby notified that the Court has granted the Petitioner a Preliminary Order of Entry to immediately enter and occupy the property described below and to do such work thereon as may be required, and that unless you file objections thereto within ten (10) days after personal service of this Notice upon you, or within three (3) days after the last date of publication of this Notice, if you were not personally served, the Court shall enter a Permanent Order

of Entry, restraining you forever from hindering or interfering with the occupation and use of the property; and, further, that all proceedings subsequent to the Permanent Order of Entry shall deal only with the amount of compensation due to you for the taking of the property.
You, and each of you, are hereby further notified that a Petition to condemn for public highway purposes has been filed against you with the Clerk of the District Court of Catron County, New Mexico, in which county the property, or a part thereof, is located, and which property is described as
Parcel 6-2B (PCN G100050) is located at on the easterly side of NM 174, Catwalk Road at approximate milepost 1.7, east of the easterly existing Right of Way line of NM 174, Catwalk Road, within Tract 56 of Section 24, Township 11 South, Range 20 West, N.M.P.M, Catron County, State of New Mexico. Beginning at the junction of US 180 and NM 174.
Travel northeasterly along NM 174 (Catwalk Road) for approximately 1.72 miles to the parcel which is located on right (easterly).

and the above property is more particularly described under its parcel number in the Petition on file in this cause, and that such highway project has been designated New Mexico Project G100050, in Catron County, New Mexico.
You, and each of you are hereby further notified that the amount offered as just compensation, shown with each separate numerical parcel designation, has been deposited by the Petitioner with the Clerk of the District Court and a portion or all of the amount offered may be withdrawn by a person having an estate or interest in the property described in the Petition on file. This withdrawal may be made only by order of the Court upon proper motion.
You, and each of you are hereby commanded to file and serve an answer, as provided by law, to the Petition on file herein within thirty (30) days after service of this Notice on you or thirty (30) days after the last date of publication of this Notice, if you are not personally served. Unless you so appear and answer, the Petitioner will apply to the Court for judgment as provided by law. This judgment will fix the amount of compensation due to you for the condemnation of the property at the

amount offered and deposited by Petitioner.

The name and address of attorney for Petitioner is Thomas L. Wyman, Special Assistant Attorney General, Acting Deputy General Counsel, New Mexico Department of Transportation, P.O. Box 1149 Santa Fe, New Mexico 87504-1149.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of the District Court of

Catron County, New Mexico, this 18th day of NOVEMBER, 2021.

RACHEL GONZALES
Clerk of the District Court

By:

/s/ Jerome Adam
Deputy

Published in the El Defensor Chieftain on February 3 & 10, 2022