Knight v. Blanton's Heirs

The appellees, as the heirs-at-law of Bedding J. Blanton, filed the bill to enforce a vendor’s lien upon lands of the said decedent, which his administrator, William Blanton, sold, under order of the probate court, for division, and purchased himself. They allege that, though the said administrator appears to have charged himself with the price of the lancls in an annual settlement, he never in fact paid anything for them. He reported the sale, and it was confirmed. But he never reported payment of the purchase-money, nor was any conveyance ever made, or ordered to be made. The administrator…