Chessport Millworks, Inc. v. Solie

522 P.2d 812 (1974)

86 N.M. 265

CHESSPORT MILLWORKS, INC., a New Mexico corporation, Plaintiff-Appellee,

v.

Paul D. SOLIE, Defendant-Appellant.

No. 1315.

Court of Appeals of New Mexico.

May 1, 1974.

Theodore R. Johnson, Williams, Johnson, Houston, Reagan & Porter, Hobbs, for defendant-appellant.

Sam Laughlin, Jr., Girand & Richards, P.A., Hobbs, for plaintiff-appellee.

OPINION

WOOD, Chief Judge.

The trial court held that a lien on personal property based on financing statements and security interests was superior to a landlord's lien for rents due and to become due. It concluded that defendant had…