Western Bank of Santa Fe v. Biava

787 P.2d 830 (1990)

109 N.M. 550

WESTERN BANK OF SANTA FE, Plaintiff-Appellee,

v.

William E. BIAVA, Defendant-Appellant.

No. 18388.

Supreme Court of New Mexico.

February 23, 1990.

Marchiondo, Vigil & Voegler, Douglas G. Voegler, Albuquerque, for defendant-appellant.

Sommer, Udall & Hardwick, Jack N. Hardwick, Santa Fe, for plaintiff-appellee.

OPINION

MONTGOMERY, Justice.

In Clark Leasing Corp. v. White Sands Forest Products, Inc., 87 N.M. 451, 535 P.2d 1077 (1975), this Court held that the defense of accord and satisfaction could not be asserted by a debtor, in a suit by the creditor to collect an…