Edwards v. Bohon

Opinion of the Court by

Drury, Commissioner

Reversing.

The appellees, whom we shall call the plaintiffs, began this action under section 434 of the Civil Code, to enforce a lien claimed by them upon land which the appellants, whom we shall call the defendants, had inherited from their father, J. W. Edwards. The court rendered a judgment for $371.64, and directed that the land be sold in satisfaction thereof. Defendants excepted, and have appealed.

In 1902, J. W. Edwards, the father of the defendants, purchased a farm, and gave notes aggregating $900.00 for the deferred payments. Of these notes,…