Any person who shall shoe or cause to be shod by his employees any horse, mule, ox or other animal, shall have a lien upon such animal for the amount due or to become due for such labor or services, and for all costs incurred in enforcing such lien, and may detain such animal in his possession until such sum is paid.
History: Code 1915, § 3335, enacted by Laws 1917, ch. 65, § 1 (3335); 1923, ch. 24, § 1 (3335); C.S. 1929, § 82-403; 1941 Comp., § 63-303; 1953 Comp., § 61-3-3.
Bracketed material. — The bracketed material was inserted by the compiler and is not part of the law.
Compiler's notes. — The 1917 act amended Code 1915, 3333 to 3345. That part of the Amendatory Act which bore the number 3335 contained entirely new matter. For the original Code 1915, 3335, see 48-3-11 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.
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