Citizens Finance Co. v. Cole

BICKLEY, Justice.

The question presented is whether the appellant, an automobile mechanic who furnished labor upon, and parts for, trucks owned by one Boulware, the owner, and at his request, was entitled to a lien under the provisions of Sections 82-401 and 82-407, Comp.1929 (Sections 63-301 and 63-307, N.M.S.1941), as against the holder of a chattel mortgage (appellee), which mortgage was recorded prior to the time the work was done and the parts furnished.

From the manner in which the case is here presented in both briefs’and oral argument, it must be taken as agreed by the parties that if…