Nashville Trust Co. v. Smythe

Snodgrass, Ch. J.

The question in this case arises under a bill filed July 30, 1892, by the Nashville Trust Co., as agent of Mrs. Martha M. Reed, against J. C. Smythe et al., to enforce lien for the purchase money evidenced by negotiable promissory notes, executed as consideration for certain real estate, sold and conveyed on the twentieth of December, 1890, by defendant, Everett, to Mrs. Marlin. There were one hundred and twenty-six of these notes for $20 each, except the last, which was for $25, payable *515by Marlin and wife to Everett. They bore interest from date, and matured, respectively,…