Baldridge v. Morgan

Citations

• 15 N.M. 249
• 106 P. 342

Syllabus

<p>SYLLABUS.</p> <p>1. The clause in Section 2221, 'Compiled Laws of 1897, requiring a sub-contractor to file his claim of lien “within sixty days after the completion of any building, etc.,” fixes a time after which such lien is not to be filed or in other words that the time for filing does not commence to run from ■or await the completion of the building.</p> <p>2. The New Mexico Mechanics Lien Law, Sections 2216, et seq., Compiled Laws of 1897, is constitutional.</p> <p>3.It is not within the competency of any court to question an act of a legislature on the ground that it is unreasonable, unjust, unequal or oppressive, as long as the act is within the limitations fixed by the fundamental law of the state or territory.</p> <p>4. Allowance of attorney’® fee not an abuse of judicial discretion under the facts stated.</p>