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A Tucumcari construction company has filed a money judgment complaint and foreclosure lien against the Glenrio Smoke Stop, accusing owners of the marijuana dispensary of not paying for more than $104,000 in construction work.
Pacheco Construction & Trucking of Tucumcari filed the complaint on Dec. 18 in Tucumcari district court against Glenrio Properties LLC, dba Glenrio Smoke Stop.
Pacheco stated in the three-page complaint it had performed construction at the Glenrio Properties site in February.
The company stated Glenrio Properties owes $104,375.27, plus 15% interest since Nov. 4, the costs of recording the claim of lien and attorney’s costs.
“Despite demand, Defendant has failed and refused to pay Plaintiff the monies which are due and owing,” the complaint states.
Pacheco Construction filed a claim on lien on Dec. 11.
The complaint seeks a judgment of the money and interest owed, court costs and that the property be foreclosed and sold, with proceeds applied to the debt.
Randy Knudson of the Doerr & Knudson law firm in Portales filed the complaint on Pacheco Construction’s behalf.
No attorney for Glenrio Properties was listed on court documents.
Glenrio Smoke Stop principal Gabi Tuschak stated in an email the complaint stems from “a dispute between Pacheco and our contractor over questionable charges that have yet to be resolved.”
“It’s been communicated that the amount is not correct and that the contractor is holding money to correct their poor workmanship,” she wrote. “I have faith in the integrity of our contractor and that a fair and ethical outcome will be reached.”
Glenrio Smoke Stop in Glenrio opened in September, just yards west of the Texas border, where recreational marijuana remains illegal.
It was the first new business in the far eastern Quay County community in at least 40 years. Glenrio once was a busy Route 66 village, but it quickly became a ghost town after it was bypassed by Interstate 40.