Prince v. Crow

The plaintiffs, Robert E. Prince and his wife Carolinda L. Prince, appeal from a summary judgment in favor of the defendants, Margaret I. Crow and Betty P. Kamphius, as executrixes of the estate of Helen Warder.

In January 1982, Helen Warder conveyed, by a vendor's lien deed, a large tract of land to Gary L. Breen. Breen subdivided the land into smaller parcels. In March 1982, one of the smaller parcels was conveyed to the Princes. The deed from Breen recited that the conveyance was subject to the "[v]endor's lien granted in deed from Helen S. [Warder] to the Grantor [Breen], . . . which…