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• Title: Triple B Corp. V. Brown & Root Inc.
• Author : New Mexico Supreme Court
• Release Date : January 13, 1987
• Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
• Pages : * pages
• Size : 61 KB

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Plaintiff Triple B Corporation (Triple B) appeals from the district court's granting of a motion for directed verdict and entry of judgment in favor of defendant Brown & Root, Inc. (Brown & Root) in this action arising from certain construction contracts. In 1974 and 1975, Triple B, a Texas corporation, entered into two agreements to perform insulation work at the Phelps-Dodge Hidalgo smelter facility in New Mexico for Brown & Root, a Texas corporation and the general contractor. In the course of construction, a dispute arose as to whether Triple B subsequently had agreed to hold the price for its work to $6.5 million. Brown & Root paid Triple B more than $6.5 million but, in January 1977, stopped paying invoices submitted by Triple B, which brought this suit. The district court held that Triple B was an independent contractor and was barred, under NMSA 1978, Section 60-13-30 (Repl. Pamp.1984), form bringing any action for the collection of compensation for work done without alleging and proving that it was a duly licensed contractor. The district court accordingly dismissed Triple B's claims on the contract and in quasi-contract or quantum meruit. We agree with the district court, and we affirm.

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