Groff v. Stringer

OPINION

TACKETT, Justice.

Plaintiff Groff in this action seeks to foreclose a claim of lien on the real property of defendants, Stringers and Allen, in Sandoval County, New Mexico. After trial without a jury, judgment was entered in favor of plaintiff. Defendants appeal and plaintiff cross-appeals. The parties will be referred to as they appeared in the lower court.

Groff filed a complaint against E. Franklin Stringer and M. Abanna Stringer, his wife, and E. Florence Allen, the mother of M. Abanna Stringer, alleging that, at the request of Stringers, Groff demolished and reconstructed a building…