If the total amount of the final judgment exceeds the total amount offered by petitioner, excluding interest, for the tract or tracts for which the judgment is rendered, the petitioner shall bear all taxable costs or fees as in any other action or proceeding.
History: 1953 Comp., § 22-9-59, enacted by Laws 1963, ch. 248, § 5.
Section differs materially and substantially from Section 42-1-8 NMSA 1978. State ex rel. State Hwy. Comm'n v. Chavez, 80 N.M. 394, 456 P.2d 868 (1969) (decided, now repealed, under prior law).