When the appellant or plaintiff in error is the state, a county or a municipal corporation, the taking of an appeal or suing out of a writ of error operates to stay the execution of the judgment, order or decision of the district court without bond.

History: Laws 1917, ch. 43, § 18; C.S. 1929, § 105-2514; 1953 Comp., § 21-10-20; Laws 1966, ch. 28, § 51.

Compiler's notes. — Laws 1966, ch. 28, § 51, recompiled this section. It had been omitted by the compilers of the 1941 Compilation as superseded by the Supreme Court Rules.

Affidavit that appellant is "county-municipal hospital" insufficient. — Where a hospital seeks a stay of execution on a judgment, without bond, because an appeal has been taken, and the motion relies upon an affidavit by the hospital administrator which states that the movant is a "county-municipal hospital," the affidavit is deficient where it fails to state either that a city-county organization operated the hospital or that it was not leased to some other entity. Robinson v. Mem. Gen. Hosp., 1982-NMCA-167, 99 N.M. 60, 653 P.2d 891.

Filing appeal by state or its political subdivision triggers the automatic stay provisions of this section and Rule 1-062. City of Sunland Park v. N.M. Pub. Regulation Comm'n, 2004-NMCA-024, 135 N.M. 143, 85 P.3d 267, cert. denied, 2004-NMCERT-002, 135 N.M. 169, 86 P.3d 47.

Stay generally considered prospective. — Under the plain language of this section, Rule 1-062 and the prevailing common law, a stay is generally prospective rather than retroactive, unless otherwise specified. City of Sunland Park v. N.M. Pub. Regulation Comm'n, 2004-NMCA-024, 135 N.M. 143, 85 P.3d 267, cert. denied, 2004-NMCERT-002, 135 N.M. 169, 86 P.3d 47.

Am. Jur. 2d, A.L.R. and C.J.S. references. — Constitutionality, construction and application of statute as to effect of taking appeal, or staying execution, on right to redeem for execution or judicial sale, 44 A.L.R.4th 1229.

4 C.J.S. Appeal & Error § 413.