Brooks v. Moody

This was a bill filed, by Francis H. Moody, in the Pulaski chancery court, against William Brooks and J. B. Rogers, the object of which was to enforce a vendor’s lien upon'certain lands, sold and conveyed by Moody to Brooks, reserved in the deed of conveyance.

The facts, as appears from the transcript of’ the record, are briefly as follows:

Moody, on the 29th day of December, 1865',' sold to Brooks an undivided one-half interest in certain lands situated in Pulaski county, for the sum of $25,000, to be paid as follows: $1,000 paid down, upon the execution and delivery of the deed of conveyance…