County Board of Education v. Hensley

Opinion op the Court by

Judge Miller —

Reversing.

On July 9, 1907, the trustees of Common School District No. 1, in Harlan County, the predecessor of the *442appellant, bought three and one-half * town lots in Mt. Pleasant or Harlan Town, from the appellee, John H. Hensley, for school purposes.' The agreed purchase price was $400 in cash, but there being a vendor’s lien upon this and other property for $300, that amount of the purchase money was appropriated to the discharge of the lien, which was released by the vendor on the same day. On September 12, 1910, Hensley brought this suit for the…