Helm v. Weaver

Willie, Chief Justice.

This is a suit by Weaver against *144Helm upon a promissory note, in which a vendor’s lien was reserved upon a tract of land to secure its payment. The note is signed J. B. Helm, in liquidation, and recites that it was given in renewal of other notes executed by Lewis & Helm, all of which retained a vendor’s lien upon one hundred and sixty- ■ seven acres of land, a full description of which is contained in the petition. It was averred in the petition that the notes in renewal of which the note sued on was given, was made in part payment of the purchase money of the land, and…