Hemm v. Goodwin

The purpose of this suit is to enforce an alleged equitable vendor’s lien for $350 and accumulated interest against a certain forty-acre tract of land in Sevier County, and the additional sum of $40.60 and interest, which was paid by appellee on November 13,1922, to redeem said forty-acre tract of land from forfeiture to the State.

Appellants filed an answer, denying* the right of appellee to an equitable lien upon said land for either amount. Appellants also interposed the defenses of the statute of frauds and limitations.

The cause was submitted to the chancery court of Sevier County upon the…