Legal Opinion

Mountain Electric Co. v. Miles

New Mexico Supreme Court

Decided February 22, 1899No. 780Published

Appeal, from a judgment for defendants, from the Second Judicial District Court, Bernalillo County. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court. The court below, in effect,.held that the dynamo alone is the only part of an electric light plant for which a lien will lie. This is error. Comp. Laws, 1884, see. 1522; Phil, on Mech. Liens [3 Ed.], sec. 200; Eetchet v. Drake, 12 Pac. Rep. 694; Hughes v. Electric Light, etc., Co., 32 Atl.

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Appeal, from a judgment for defendants, from the Second Judicial District Court, Bernalillo County. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court. The court below, in effect,.held that the dynamo alone is the only part of an electric light plant for which a lien will lie. This is error. Comp. Laws, 1884, see. 1522; Phil, on Mech. Liens [3 Ed.], sec. 200; Eetchet v. Drake, 12 Pac. Rep. 694; Hughes v. Electric Light, etc., Co., 32 Atl. Rep. 69; Improvement Co. v. Electric Light Co., 12 S. W. Rep. (Tex.) 489; Thompson on Electricity, sec. 516; Eorbes v. Electric Light Co., 23 Pac. Rep. (Ore.)…

1Opinion of the CourtLeland, J.

This cause comes into -this court on appeal from the district court of Bernalillo county. This was an action to. enforce or foreclose a mechanic’s lien on certain property in the city of Albuquerque. A brief statement of this case is as follows: On or about December 23, 1891, one

George IT. Miles was engaged in conducting a hotel business in a building owned by the “Armijo heirs,” and situate in said city of Albuquerque. Said Miles was a tenant. Said hotel building was situate on lots numbered 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 of block 17, in the city of Albuquerque. On or about said twenty-third day of…

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  2. Bailey v. HullWisconsin Supreme Court · 1860
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