West v. Thornburgh

Thornburgh and Clevenger filed a bill in the Probate Court of Randolph county, the object of which was to enforce a lien on certain lands which they alleged they had soldtothe defendantand another,the purchase-money of which remained unpaid. The bill states that at the August term, .1838, of said Court, a petition was. filed by J. Smith for the partition of the lands therein described,and that such proceedings were thereupon had that the lands were ordered to be sold *584and the proceeds divided among the owners and proprietors thereof; that the complainants (together with a third *person who…