Union & Planters' Bank & Trust Co. v. Simmons

Hart, J.,

(after stating the facts). A vendor of land who has parted with the legal title has in equity a lien cm the land for the unpaid purchase money,- as against his vendee and subsequent purchasers with notice; and a subsequent purchaser will be affected with notice of all recitals in the title deeds of his vendor, whether recorded or not. If anything appears in such deeds sufficient to put a prudent man on inquiry, which, if prosecuted with ordinary diligence, would lead to actual notice of some right or title in conflict with that he is about to purchase, it is his duty to make the…