Crown v. Carriger
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from the Chancery Court of Russell. Heard before the Hon. N. S. Graham. Tbe original bill in tbis case was filed on tbe 17th Eebru-1 ary, 1877, by John H. Oarriger, a citizen of Tennessee, against Nathan Crown; and sought to establish and enforce a vendor’s lien on land for the unpaid purchase-money, as evidenced by the defendant’s two promissory notes, which were made exhibits to the bill ; each of said notes being for $500, dated the 10th November, 1874, and payable…
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Appeal from the Chancery Court of Russell. Heard before the Hon. N. S. Graham. Tbe original bill in tbis case was filed on tbe 17th Eebru-1 ary, 1877, by John H. Oarriger, a citizen of Tennessee, against Nathan Crown; and sought to establish and enforce a vendor’s lien on land for the unpaid purchase-money, as evidenced by the defendant’s two promissory notes, which were made exhibits to the bill ; each of said notes being for $500, dated the 10th November, 1874, and payable on the 25th December, 1875, and 1876, respectively, at the Chatta•hoochee National Bank of Columbus, Georgia, with…
1Opinion of the CourtStone, J.
The gravamen of the cross-bill consists in alleged fraudulent misrepresentations by Carriger, the seller, which induced Crown to purchase. The misrepresentations charged are, that Carriger falsely stated the profits he had realized during the years then past, from the cultivation of the lands as a market and fruit farm, at a sum greatly above the true amount; that he over-stated the quantity of timber land on the tract; that he stated the value and productiveness of the land much too high, and he affirmed the market road to be a good one, when in the winter and spring of the year it was…
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