Ferriss v. Tavel
Tennessee Supreme Court
FROM DAVIDSON. Appeal from Chancery Court of Davidson. County. Andkew Allison, Ch.
1Opinion of the CourtCaldwell, J.
On the fourth day of March, 1887, defendant Tavel, by parol contract, sold to complainants a block of town lots, supposed to contain eight acres, for the price of $8,000, one-half in cash and the balance in six and twelve months. The deferred payments were evidenced by two notes for $2,0*00 each. Tavel indorsed one of these notes to defendant Hickman and the other one to defendant White.
After this, and when it was ascertained that the ground in fact contained only about five or six acres, and that Taveils vendor had a lien for purchase money on the land which he refused to release, the trade…
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