Manning v. Carter
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from Chilton Circuit Court. Heard before Hon. W. W. Pearson. Bill by J. H. Carter against D. O. Manning to enforce a vendor’s lien. Cross bill by respondent seeking an abatement of the purchase price because of deliciency in the acreage. From a decree sustaining demurrer to'the cross bill, respondent appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
SAYRE, J. —
Appellee filed his bill to enforce a vendor’s lien, alleging that he had agreed to sell, and appellant had agreed to buy, a certain tract of land, which is described by metes and bounds in part and in other part according to the government survey, at and for the round sum of $2,800. Appellant paid $500 of the agreed purchase price and was put into possession, and at the same time, in. pursuance of an agreement to that effect, appellee executed a warranty deed and appellant a note for the balance of the agreed purchase price, and these papers were deposited with a bank, with…
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