Brewer v. Wall

This suit was instituted by the appellee, Wall, against the appellants, on a promissory note. The petition al*587leged, that the note was executed for a part of the purchase-money, of a certain tract of land, upon which the vendor’s lien still existed, in favor of the plaintiff. The defendants stated in their answer, that in February, 1855, they purchased from the plaintiff, the tract of land described in the petition of plaintiff, as the land on which his vendor’s lien existed; that the price to be paid was §1200; that in February, 1855, at the time of the purchase, the plaintiff gave them a…