Frame v. Sliter
Oregon Supreme Court
Appeal from Clatsop: Thos. A. McBride, Judge. Suit by B. A. Frame and' A. W. Stowell, copartners as Frame and Stowell, against Charles F. Sliter and others, to foreclose a vendor’s lien. Judgment for defendants, and plaintiffs appeal.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Chief Justice Bean.
The single question in this case is whether a grantor of real estate by absolute deed, followed by delivery of possession to his grantee, has an implied equitable lien thereon for the unpaid purchase-money. It has been several times mooted in this-court, but the doctrine of the English court of chancery, which recognizes and upholds such lien, has never been recognized or established here, although the state is classed by many textwriters among those-in which the lien prevails. The earliest case in which reference is made to the question, and the one-most…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Ahrend v. OdiorneMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1875
- Gilman v. BrownU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Massachusetts · 1817
- Simpson v. MundeeSupreme Court of Kansas · 1865
- Philbrook v. DelanoSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1849
- Thomas v. ThomasOregon Supreme Court · 1893
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- Flanagan Estate v. Great Cent. Land Co.Oregon Supreme Court · 1904
- Smith v. AllenWashington Supreme Court · 1897
- Kosters v. HooverCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1938
- Lindbloom v. KidstonDistrict Court, D. Alaska · 1904