McLaughlin v. Sayers

BobiNSON, Judge :

By the. bill in this cause plaintiff sought the enforcement of a vendor’s lien which he had retained on land conveyed by him to defendant. From a decree for the unpaid purchase money, ordering a sale of the land to satisfy the same, defendant has appealed.

Though duly summoned, defendant allowed the bill to be taken for confessed at rules. At the first term thereafter he appeared and entered a demurrer to the bill, which was promptly, but most properly overruled. The bill was assuredly sufficient. Plainly the demurrer was a dilatory one. Upon the overruling of the demurrer,…