Schnebly v. Ragan
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from the court of Chancery. The appellants on the 19th of May 1823, filed their bill in the court of Chancery, against Thomas B. Hall and others, seeking to charge with the vendors lien, certain lands which Lewis, one of the appellants, had before that time sold to Hall.
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Appeal from the court of Chancery. The appellants on the 19th of May 1823, filed their bill in the court of Chancery, against Thomas B. Hall and others, seeking to charge with the vendors lien, certain lands which Lewis, one of the appellants, had before that time sold to Hall. The bill alleged, that Lewis, in the year 1818, was in possession of a tract of land in Washington county, which he had previously purchased of one Stull and wife, and that without receiving from them a conveyance, he sold the same to Hall, taking his negotiable promissory notes for a part of the purchase money,…
1Opinion of the CourtStephen, Judge
We think, that the court below committed no error in dismissing the complainant’s bill in this case.
The appeal taken from the decree of the chancellor presents but a single question for the consideration and decision of this court That question is, whether the assignee of a chose in action, given to the vendor for the payment of the purchase money of a tract of land, and by him assigned, is entitled to the benefit of the equitable lien of the vendor, against his vendee, or persons claiming under him with notice, there being an express stipulation at the time of the assignment, that in no…
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