Chapman v. Peebles
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from Pickens Chancery Court. Heard before Hon. Thos. W, Coleman. The appellee, Emory B. Peebles, filed this bill to enforce a vendor’s lien on land sold by his father, W. B. Peebles. The said W. B. Peebles having died, the note given him for the unpaid purchase-money, in the division and distribution of his estate, became the property of his son, the complainant.
1Opinion of the Court
CLOPTON,- J.
—Appellee brings the bill to enforce the vendor’s lien. It alleges that W. B. Peebles, the father of the complainant, sold the lands mentioned therein to John R. Chapman, who gave the note set forth in the bill for the unpaid balance of the purchase-money, and that the vendor, at liis request, made the conveyance to the defendants, one of whom was his wife, and the other his minor son. The defense set up by the answer is, that the lands were purchased by the defendants, who made the cash payment with their own money, and that it was distinctly understood and agreed, that the…
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