Marshall v. Mayfield

On November 15, 1906, J. E. Mayfield conveyed to Alfred Tullos a certain tract of land, retaining a vendor’s lien to secure the payment of three notes for the sum of $43.75 each, executed by Tullos, payable £o Mayfield, due one, two, and three years after date, respectively. Mayfield transferred the notes to A. A. Richards in 1910, who in turn, in 1912, transferred them *1098to Mrs. Kate Mayfield, wife of J. E. May-field.

On January 11, 1916, Mrs. Mayfield, joined by ber husband, sued Tullos and his tenant in trespass to try title to the land on which the vendor’s lien had been retained; the cause…