Ellett v. Tyler

This was a suit in chancery, brought by appellee in the court below, against appellant. The bill alleges, that, complainant having a mechanics’ lien on a house and lot in Keithsburg, in Mercer county; and having filed his petition against Coburn to enforce his lien, appellant, while that proceeding was pending, purchased the house of Coburn, and then sold it to one Shultz, and induced him to remove the house to another lot of ground. This bill is to compel appellant to account for the proceeds of that sale.

Appellant insists, that, by the purchase, he acquired the title freed from the…