McCartney v. King
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from the Chancery Court of Talladega. Heard before the Hon. E. D. Townes. The original bill in this case was filed by the appellant against Matilda M. King, Solomon Spence, David A. Calhoun and John Bradley, to enforce a vendor’s lien for the unpaid purchase money of land.
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Appeal from the Chancery Court of Talladega. Heard before the Hon. E. D. Townes. The original bill in this case was filed by the appellant against Matilda M. King, Solomon Spence, David A. Calhoun and John Bradley, to enforce a vendor’s lien for the unpaid purchase money of land. It alleged, that the land was sold, in 1836, by one Jesse Dunn to said Bradley, for about $5,000, and a conveyance in fee simple executed by the vendor ; that Bradley gave his two promissory notes, for $1,000 each, to secure the payment of a part of the purchase money, which notes Dunn afterwards, for a valuable…
1Opinion of the CourtGoldthwaite, J.
The object of the bill is to enforce the vendor’s lien for the purchase money of land. The land was sold by John Bradley to William King, and part of the notes given for the purchase money assigned to the appellant, who, before filing his bill, obtained judgments at law upon them. Prom the pleading and evidence in the cause it appears, that the appellant sued out executions against Spence, as the administrator of the vendee,fKing, and had them levied on a number of slaves as the property of King’s estate. At the time the negroes were sold upon this levy by the coroner, Spence, who was the…
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