Stratton v. Gold

Handy, C. J.,

delivered tbe opinion of tbe court.

This was a bill in equity, filed by tbe appellant, to enforce a vendor’s lien on a tract of land, upon tbe following state of facts:

In December, 1858, one Putnam sold and eowoeyed tbe tract of land to tbe appellee, in fee, for tbe sum of $22,000. Tbe deed states this sum as tbe consideration, and that $7,000 of it was paid in casb to Putnam, and that- three several notes for $5,000 each, were executed by tbe appellee, and payable to Putnam or bearer, one due on tbe 1st day of January, 1860, another for a like sum, due 1st January, 1861, and a…