Atkinson v. Jones

Lively, Judge:

J. B. Jones, trustee, complains of a judgment of the circuit court of Kanawha County, affirming a money decree of $3,975, rendered against him in the common pleas court.

George E. Thomas and O. F. Payne, joint owners of a parcel of land, fronting 61 feet on Pine Street in the City of Charleston, sold it to J. A. Atkinson and wife, reserving a vendor’s lien for the unpaid purchase money. The purchasers subdivided the parcel and constructed a house on the northern 27 feet. Thereafter, they executed three deeds of trust to secure loans made to them by Empire Savings & Loan Corn-…