Walker v. Sarven
Supreme Court of Florida
Appeal from the Circuit Court for Hernando county. Statement. On August 5, 1893, appellee filed his bill in equity, in the Circuit Court of Hernando* county, against appellant and George N. Sarven, Willie B. Mayes and her husband, James M. Mayes, alleging that complainant was on and before November 18, 1882, seized in fee and possessed of certain lands situated in Hernando county, therein particularly described, and on said day bargained and sold same to defendants Walker…
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Appeal from the Circuit Court for Hernando county. Statement. On August 5, 1893, appellee filed his bill in equity, in the Circuit Court of Hernando* county, against appellant and George N. Sarven, Willie B. Mayes and her husband, James M. Mayes, alleging that complainant was on and before November 18, 1882, seized in fee and possessed of certain lands situated in Hernando county, therein particularly described, and on said day bargained and sold same to defendants Walker and Sarven for the sum of $3,579, for which sum said defendants executed a joint note due three years after date, with…
1Opinion of the Court
Carter, J.:
We have been unable to discover any principle by which that feature of the decree appealed from can be sustained. By their joint purchase George N. Sarven and Charles B. Walker became tenants in common of the lands conveyed to them by James D. Sarven, each being entitled to> an undivided one-half interest therein. The debt for purchase money was a joint debt for the ..whole of which each was equally bound to James D. Sarven, and the grantor’s lien reserved in the latter’s deed of conveyance was a lien for the whole debt upon the whole property. As between themselves, however,…
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