Gregg v. Jones
Tennessee Supreme Court
FROM SHELBY. "Writ of Error to Chancery Court of Memphis. W. M. Smith, Ch. 1. The vendor’s lien is paramount to the claim of the vendee’s widow to dower: 1 Hum., 414; 3 Sneed, 318; et passim.
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FROM SHELBY. "Writ of Error to Chancery Court of Memphis. W. M. Smith, Ch. 1. The vendor’s lien is paramount to the claim of the vendee’s widow to dower: 1 Hum., 414; 3 Sneed, 318; et passim. But it is insisted that Millington does not accede to the vendor’s lien in this case, and therefore, the widow’s claim must prevail, and the law, we insist, is as follows: 2. The vendor’s lien is the right which the vendor has, notwithstanding an absolute conveyance of land by deed, to subject the land in the hands of the original purchaser or purchasers from him, with notice, or volunteers, to the…
1Opinion of the CourtNicholson, C. J.
In May, 1862, Charles Jones sold to Paul Gregg a tract of land of seventeen acres, near Memphis, for $5,000, of which $2,000 was paid in cash, and three notes, for $1,000 each, payable on time, were executed by Paul Gregg and George E. Powell for the balance. An absolute deed was executed by Jones to Gregg and Powell, with covenants of warranty, reserving no lien for purchase-money, and reciting that the purchase-money was paid. On the same day, Gregg and Powell executed a deed of trust of the land to Ayres in trust to secure the payment of the three notes given for the balance of the…
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