Hicks v. Morris

Gould, Chief Justice.

This suit is on a promissory note for $456.60, gold, with interest from date, made by defendant Morris on August 21, 1815, and payable to plaintiff Hicks. The note contains this recital: “ This note is executed for the purchase money for the place that the undersigned now' resides on.” The petition alleges that the note was given for the purchase money of a certain described tract of land, “ and by agreement and understanding of the parties constitutes a vendor’s lien thereon; ” states that defendant is in possession of the land by virtue of a .deed from one W. E. Hart,…