Dennis v. Williams
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from tbe Chancery Court of Macon. Heard before the Hon. James B. Clark. The Lili in this case was filed, on the 31st day of March, 1869, by the heirs-at-law of Samuel P. Dennis, deceased, against Wilson Williams, Thomas J. Osborne, and Tilman V. Osborne; and sought to enforce a vendor’s lien for the unpaid purchase-money of land.
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Appeal from tbe Chancery Court of Macon. Heard before the Hon. James B. Clark. The Lili in this case was filed, on the 31st day of March, 1869, by the heirs-at-law of Samuel P. Dennis, deceased, against Wilson Williams, Thomas J. Osborne, and Tilman V. Osborne; and sought to enforce a vendor’s lien for the unpaid purchase-money of land. The land was sold by said Samuel P. Dennis, on the 11th January, 1813, to said Tilman Y. and Thomas J. Osborne, at the price of three hundred dollars; of which amount, one hundred dollars was paid in cash, and for the balance, two promissory notes were given…
1Opinion of the CourtA. J. Walker, C. J.
The representative of the estate of Samuel P. Dennis, deceased, holding the two notes of Tilman Y. Osborne and Thomas J. Osborne, for one hundred dollars each, given for land, exchanged them with Thomas J. Osborne, for a note for two hundred and twenty-five dollars on Wilson Williams, a sub-purchaser of the same land. It is stated in the bill of the complainants, that the transaction was an exchange, and that the representative of Dennis held the note of Williams “ in the lieu and stead ” of the note on Tilman Y. and Thomas J. Osborne, and claimed that it (the note on Williams) “is in his…
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