Tate v. Sartain

CORNELIUS, Chief Justice.

Appellants complain of a trial court judgment declaring an instrument to be a release of vendor’s lien. They assert that the instrument, which is from Lon Smith to John Cousins, is a quitclaim deed of all Smith’s interest in the land it describes, including a mineral interest which Smith previously reserved in a deed to James McCannon. Appellees contend that the instrument was only a release of the vendor’s lien securing the notes which McCan-non gave Smith for the purchase price of the land, and did not convey the previously reserved mineral interest. We find that…