Any person who shall perform any labor upon any wagon, buggy or other vehicle or furnish material for repairing the same shall have a lien upon such wagon, buggy or other vehicle for the amount due for such labor performed and materials furnished, and for all costs incurred in enforcing such a lien, and may detain such buggy, wagon or other vehicle in his possession until such sum is paid.
History: Code 1915, § 3334, enacted by Laws 1917, ch. 65, § 1 (3334); 1923, ch. 24, § 1 (3334); C.S. 1929, § 82-402; 1941 Comp., § 63-302; 1953 Comp., § 61-3-2.
ANNOTATIONSBracketed material. — The bracketed material was inserted by the compiler and is not part of the law.
Compiler's notes. — The 1917 law amended Code 1915, 3333 to 3345. That part of the Amendatory Act which bore the number 3334 contained entirely new matter. For the original Code 1915, 3334, see 48-3-5 NMSA 1978.
Am. Jur. 2d, A.L.R. and C.J.S. references. — Bailee's lien for work on goods as extending to other goods of the bailor in his possession, 25 A.L.R.2d 1037.
8 C.J.S. Bailments §§ 80 to 85.