addressed in a condemnation action and whether Appellants have suffered injuries which are recognized in condemnation actions. {43} The power of eminent domain has been deemed a power inherent in the notion of sovereignty and “only limited by the constitutions of federal and state governments.” State ex rel. Red River Valley Co. v. Dist. Ct. of Fourth Jud. Dist., 39 N.M. 523, 527, 51 P.2d 239, 241 (1935). The state may appropriate or damage private property under its inherent power of eminent domain without the owner’s consent. The primary condition to the exercise of eminent domain is the constitutional requirement to pay just compensation. The requirement to pay just compensation is historically grounded in the common law recognized right of private pr 136, 646 P.2d 561, 563 (1982) (<HOLDING>). {45} The legislature has granted
recognizing that public utilities affect the public interest in that they render essential public services to a large number of the general public holding that in order to be compensable consequential damages must affect some right or interest that is different in kind not merely in degree from that suffered by the public in general holding that the plaintiffs in an election case were not required to show a substantial injury distinct from that suffered by the public in general holding that foreseeable consequential damages are to be considered in valuing loss holding that consequential damages are not to be considered