DIAMOND TRAILER SALES CO. v. MUNOZ

No. 7209.

382 P.2d 185 (1963)

72 N.M. 190

DIAMOND TRAILER SALES CO., a Colorado Corporation, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Ray MUNOZ, Defendant-Appellee.

Supreme Court of New Mexico.

May 27, 1963.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

McAtee, Toulouse, Marchiondo, Ruud & Gallagher, Albuquerque, for appellant.

Lebeck, DePauli & Rich, Gallup, for appellee.


NOBLE, Justice.

The sole question on appeal from a declaratory judgment is whether a prior recorded chattel mortgage on a house trailer or a trailer court lien for unpaid rent and services takes precedence.

While the amount involved is small, it is argued that a determination of the priorities of liens is important to commercial transactions. Appellee, however, points to a provision of Chapter 96, Laws of 1961, the Uniform Commercial Code, which is said to...

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