Tankersley v. Cornett

Opinion of the Court by

Judge Dietzman

Reversing.

In the summer of 1923, Ford Tankersley brought suit against James Cornett on some notes aggregating $725 in principal amount and to foreclose a vendor’s lien re-' tained to secure these notes in a deed to some property conveyed by him to Cornett. On August 30, 1923, judgment against James Cornett for the amount of these notes was awarded Ford Tankersley, 'and the property was ordered sold to satisfy the vendor’s lien which secured the notes. Very shortly thereafter Ford Tankersley died, and his wife, Carrie Tankersley, the present appellant, was…