General Electric Credit Corp. v. Becenti

The situation before the court is a common one to the field of consumer law. A consumer purchases something under a retail installment contract, something goes wrong, there is an action to repossess the article, and the consumer defends using consumer protection laws. This of course requires the court to interpret the applicable statutes which provide modern consumer protection. In this case the court is called upon to apply and construe New Mexico consumer protection statutes, which is required by our 7 NTC Sec. 204(c).

In this case the appellee (the consumer) decided to buy a mobile home…