Zwingle v. Wilkinson

This is a suit in chancery for the enforcement of an alleged vendor’s lien.

An epitome of the material allegations of the bill is as follows: That on November 15, 1888, M. Y. Gribble sold and conveyed a certain tract of land in Warren County to the defendant, T. B. Wilkinson, for the consideration of $1,000, which the deed recited “was paid in hand;” that, in fact, only $633.75 were paid, and the vendee, by agreement of all parties concerned, executed his promissory note to A. J. Gribble, a creditor of the vendor, for the remaining $366.25; that A. J. Gribble sued Wilkinson upon the note,…