City of Baltimore v. Parlange

This case involves a conflict of privilege between the vendor of lauds and the contractor who has, after the sale, repaired ox-reconstructed the buildings which were on the lands.

In 1859 the city of Baltimore sold to Parlange the lots in question, fronting- respectively on Orleans and St. Axxn streets, a theatre and ball room, reserving a vendor’s privilege and mortgage, with the pact of non-alienation, to secure the unpaid portion of the price.

In 1869 the city of Baltimore took proceedings to collect an unpaid portion of the price, and to enforce its privilege and mortgage, and the property…