Hesselden v. Karman

MOISE, Justice.

The question for decision is whether or not a lessor who forecloses his landlord’s lien and sells property for non-payment of rent is guilty of wrongfully converting that property where it appears that the property was being purchased by the lessee and the plaintiff under a conditional sales contract from a vendor who had guaranteed the rent, the plaintiff not being a party to the lease.

The case is a companion case to and was consolidated for trial with Alvord v. Hesselden, 67 N.M. 123, 353 P.2d 349, decided June 30, 1960. In that case we held that one of the conditional…