GENERAL MOTORS ACCEP. CORP. v. CHISCHILLY

No. 13226.

628 P.2d 683 (1981)

96 N.M. 113

GENERAL MOTORS ACCEPTANCE CORPORATION, a Delaware Corporation, Petitioner, v. Patrick CHISCHILLY, Respondent.

Supreme Court of New Mexico.

Rehearing Denied May 26, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Campbell, Cherpelis & Pica, Nicholas R. Pica, John F. Nivala, Albuquerque, for petitioner.

Wayne H. Bladh, Window Rock, Ariz., for respondent.

Jeff Bingaman, Atty. Gen., Thomas L. Dunigan, Deputy Atty. Gen., Thomas P. Whelan, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., Santa Fe, amicus curiae.


OPINION

PAYNE, Justice.

The plaintiff, Patrick Chischilly, entered into a retail installment contract with a New Mexico corporation bank in Albuquerque for the purchase of a pickup truck. The sale was financed by the General Motors Acceptance Corporation (GMAC) which took a security interest in the truck. The plaintiff is a member of the Navajo Tribe, but resides off the reservation on lands owned by the United States and held in trust for the Navajo Nation...

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