Legal Opinion
State Ex Rel. Electric Supply Co. v. Kitchens Construction, Inc.
New Mexico Supreme Court
Decided February 4, 1988No. 17011PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
WALTERS, Justice.
Electric Supply Company (ESCO) sued general contractor Kitchens Construction, Inc. (Kitchens) and its surety, Industrial Indemnity Company, under the Little Miller Act, NMSA 1978, Section 13-4-19 (Repl. Pamp.1985), to recover $61,124.53 for materials that ESCO supplied to the subcontractor Klein Electric Company for a state construction project. After a bench trial, the district court entered judgment for ESCO, and Kitchens appeals. We affirm.
In a conversation with ESCO’s credit manager, the president of Kitchens offered to have its subcontractor payment checks made…
2Cases cited15 opinions
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