Parrish v. Hastings
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from the District Court of Colbert, in Equity. Heard before the Hon. W. P. Chitwood. The bill in this case was filed by the appellee against .the appellants ; and sought to enforce a vendor’s lien on certain lands, which had been sold by the complainant ' to one of the respondents.
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Appeal from the District Court of Colbert, in Equity. Heard before the Hon. W. P. Chitwood. The bill in this case was filed by the appellee against .the appellants ; and sought to enforce a vendor’s lien on certain lands, which had been sold by the complainant ' to one of the respondents. The averments of the bill show that on June 11, 1890, Pat Hastings, the complainant in this case, and his wife, conveyed to Alfred Parrish a certain tract of land to be used as a right-of-way for a railroad. The portion .of the deed reciting the consideration, and the granting clause are as follows : “That…
1Opinion of the CourtStone, C. J.
The bill in this case was filed to, enforce a vendor’s lien.
There is probably no principle of common or equity law which has given rise to more divergence, if not contrariety of judicial opinion, than the one which is presented by this record. — 3 Pom. Eq. Jur.,'§ 1251, a,nd note. The decisions of this court have extended the relief as far as those of any other court, and much farther than several of them have gone. Many principles connected with this doctrine are so clearly established as to require only tó be stated. Of these clearly established 'principles we state only the following: The…
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