Lambert v. Newman
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from tbe Chancery Court of Coosa. Heard before the Hon. B. F. Ligón, as special chancellor, Selected by the parties on account of the incompetency of Hon. N. S. Graham, who had been of counsel in the cause. The original bill in tbis cause was filed on the 12th May, 1873, by John M. Lambert, against Bichard T. Newman, Geo.
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Appeal from tbe Chancery Court of Coosa. Heard before the Hon. B. F. Ligón, as special chancellor, Selected by the parties on account of the incompetency of Hon. N. S. Graham, who had been of counsel in the cause. The original bill in tbis cause was filed on the 12th May, 1873, by John M. Lambert, against Bichard T. Newman, Geo. W. Pearson, J. O. Thomas, A. T. Kannady, and William Lindsay; but the name of Lindsay was afterwards struck out by amendment, and Kannady’s administrator was made a party in his stead, he being dead at the commencement of the suit. The object of the bill was to…
1Opinion of the CourtStone, J.
We have carefully examined the testimony in this record; and we think the complainant has sufficiently proved he has a lien on the land described in the bill, for the purchase-money, unless, in some one or more of the sub-sales under Kannady, a purchaser without notice has intervened. This is the question in this case. The special chancellor, before whom the case was tried, has given the case thorough and thoughtful consideration; and we do his opinion simple justice, when we pronounce it an able one.
We think there can be no question that Thomas purchased from Pearson, paid the entire…
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