Every sale, mortgage or assignment made by debtors, and every judgment suffered by any defendant, or any act or device done or resorted to by a debtor in contemplation of insolvency and with the design to prefer one or more creditors to the exclusion in whole or in part of others, shall operate as an assignment and transfer of all the property and effects of such debtor and shall inure to the benefit of all his creditors, except as hereinafter provided in this chapter, in proportion to the amount of their respective demands, including those which are future and contingent, but nothing in this chapter shall vitiate or affect any mortgage made in good faith to secure any debt or liability created simultaneously with such mortgage, if the same be lodged for record forthwith in the office of the county clerk where the property described therein shall be situated.

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Terms Used In New Mexico Statutes 56-9-1

  • Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
  • Mortgage: The written agreement pledging property to a creditor as collateral for a loan.