Butt v. Vermejo Park Corp.

OPINION

OMAN, Chief Justice.

This appeal arises from a suit to foreclose claimed liens for work done and materials furnished pursuant to our Mechanics’ and Materialmen’s Lien Act (Meehanics’ Act) [§§ 61-2-1 to 61-2-17, N.M.S.A. 1953 (Repl. Vol. 9, pt. 1, 1974)], and our Oil and Gas Lien Act (Oil Act) [§§ 65 — 5— 1 to 65-5-15, N.M.S.A.1953 (2d Repl. Vol. 9, pt. 2, 1972)]. Plaintiffs (Butt Bros.) claimed that a lien attached to the-“fee estate under the Mechanics’ Act and to a leasehold estate in the same lands under the Oil Act, even though by judicial decree the leasehold estate had terminated…