Lewis v. Turnley

This bill was filed in the Chancery Court of Dyer County for the enforcement of a vendor’s lien and the collection of a note. The note was given for a one-half undivided interest in a lot in the town of Fowlks, Tenn., upon which was located a gin mill, machinery, etc. The note was executed by the defendant, C. E. Turnley,' payable to the order of William Harper. Harper died in July, 1891, and this bill was filed in 1892 by his administrator, H. C. Lewis, against C. E. Turnley, the maker of the note.

The defendant, Turnley, filed an answer and cross bill, in which he admitted the purchase of…