Legal Opinion
Harris v. Vasquez
New Mexico Court of Appeals
Decided September 18, 2012No. Docket 31,006PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
KENNEDY, Judge.
{1} Ora Lee Harris and Lorandon Byrd (Plaintiffs) appeal the district court’s order granting Antonio Vasquez’s and Dominic Vasquez’s (Defendants) motion for summary judgment. The sole issue on appeal is whether a debtor responsible for a mechanic’s lien against a car, who is not its owner, must be given notice before enforcement of a mechanic’s lien under NMS A 1978, Section 48-3-13(A) (1989). We affirm and conclude that notice need not be given to the debtor and that notice to the owner is sufficient.
I. BACKGROUND
{2} Prior to the enforcement of Defendants’ mechanic’s…
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